My child is growing rapidly

[LeeLeeLee13]

My child is a 6 year old boy, healthy, happy and doing fantastic at school. The thing is he seems to be growing half a inch every week, is this normal? He has always been big, 8lbs 11oz at birth and he grew in the hospital. I was just wondering if this type of growth is normal..also he has very defined muscles on his back, arms and abs and his legs are defined aswell.

[Renee Radenberg]

Both his weight and height are above the 95th percentile for his age. Are there very tall males in the family which maybe a genetic origin?

[LeeLeeLee13]

I did some looking into it my son is half black (jamaican) and i am scandinavian,  french, irish,and german...and my grandfather had hips of a 6"6 man unfortunatly they never developed because of a fever and all the men in my family are around 6" to"6"1 or 2. So i am wondering how tall my child will actually be.

[Renee Radenberg]

From what you wrote it sounds like all the males are tall in your family so there is a possibly he will be tall too. Males do not stop growing until their 20's so you have a number of years to see. All the best to you and thank you for your question.