# My "baby" is almost 6' tall! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851 "2005-05-14T19:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/1 "2005-05-14T19:10:57Z")
And he’s only 13. Back around Christmas, he was 5’ 3", now he’s 5’, 10". He still has a little kid face, skinny shoulders and chest. But with looooong arms & legs, with huge hands & feet. He’s a little awkward. He can’t walk through a doorway without banging something. It’s fun to watch him run though. He looks like a marionette with elbows and knees going off in every direction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/2 "2005-05-14T19:51:03Z")
My son will be 16 in August. His fun thing to do is measure himself against family members and seeing who he towers over. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/3 "2005-05-14T19:59:14Z")
Oh man, we’re going to be there soon with WhyKid. He’s 12 and just starting to get his coordination back after he lost it due to a 3" growth in two weeks last summer (surgery on his spine). But we went shoe shopping last week, and he’s wearing a 10 1/2 mens. He’s only about 5’2"! It looks very ridiculous! I told grandma not to buy him many clothes, as I suspect by the end of the summer he won’t fit into the clothes she buys him at the beginning. Yesterday he was comparing the size of his hands with everyone else - they’re bigger than all the women’s, and only his 6’4" dad’s are bigger. He looks like a Great Dane puppy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/4 "2005-05-14T20:11:32Z")
Tall people suck. Dammit! 😛 My future stepson is already taller then me (at 14…) and my future stepdaughter soon will be… But you get used to it after a while… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/5 "2005-05-14T20:41:47Z")
I don’t care how tall he gets, he will always be my baby. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/6 "2005-05-14T21:00:42Z")
Heh. My 16 yr. old is at six feet, and still growing. HOWEVER he is indeed still my _baby_. Those sharp elbows and knees don’t bother me a bit as long as he is still willing to flop down on the bed to chat some Saturday mornings. And my daughter turned 20 today. Bleach! I’m old !! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/7 "2005-05-14T23:19:20Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Bleach! I’m old !! What’s the bleach going to do? The hair will turn white eventually, anyways. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/8 "2005-05-15T01:26:39Z")
You see how senile I am ??? I can’t even spell _bleccccch_ correctly !! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-almost-6-tall/303851/9 "2005-05-15T19:35:13Z")
My 14 year old out-grew me a year ago. He’s currently at about 5’10". I’m only 17 years older than him; I don’t remember kids being this huge when I was his age! I’m still not taller than MY parents! What’s up with that?