Jami Ponders an Old Wives' Tale

So I've heard that you can tell how tall your children are going to be by doubling their height at age 2. For example, if your 2-year-old is 31 inches tall, she'll grow to be 62 inches. Hmm. The problem I have with this particular bit of folklore is that the infamous "They" don't tell you when during that year to measure the toddler for accurate height guessing. I presume this is why the idea became a "truth". On Eddie's 2nd birthday, he was approximately 33 inches tall. By the day before he turned three, he'd sprouted to 37 inches. This means that if Eddie stops growing between 5'6" and 6'2", the myth is correct. Well. I hate to be a spoilsport, but I'm going to have to say that there's not a lot of supernatural going on for this one. I predict he's going to have black hair. His eyes will stay brown. He'll speak English. I'm magic.