"She's So Tall"

Inevitably, when you are chatting with someone else who has a child that appears to be somewhere within the age range of your child (anywhere within a year or so) people will ask "So, how old is she/he?". This question comes up any time I speak with someone who has a child, I'd say every 2-3 days. And though I'm not a one to generally talk with random strangers, having a child appears to open oneself up to random stranger talk - in the line at Starbucks, at a store, on the street, in public restrooms while your kid is having a diaper-change-fit, and most commonly where other children are at play like a class or the park.

So every 2-3 days another person asks me how old Brooke is. I reply "16 months". They reply (with a suprised look) something along the lines of "she's so tall". I guess meaning that they thought my kid was a lot older since she towers over their kid by a good couple of inches.

I honesly have no clue how tall Brooke is at the moment. Her last measurement was at her 12 month appointment, which was almost 5 months ago now. (At that time, she was in the 90-95th percentile in both height and weight, which she pretty much has been since she was born). I can confirm she has indeed had some sort of growth spurt, but whether or not she is some sort of little-giant I do not know. She looks pretty normal sized to me, but then again, regardless of her current height I have a good couple of feet on her.

My goal is to try to get her measured for her 17-month "birthday" (March 1) so we can see what were actually working with here. In the meantime, I'm looking for a toddler basketball camp in case any one knows of one ;)