EDIT: I meant a head shorter not taller
There is a glitch that has happened since fo3 where your hands and fingernails get deathclaw huge. And the shrinking glitch is well known too....I got Ancano out of bed one time at the college and he shrunk a whole foot as he stood up! O_O
Uhmmm... Bethesda? Yes.
Anyway, you should post a pic, I'm having a hard time finding this amusing bug.
http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/O2ADlR5mkHo/mqdefault.jpg
FO 3 version
Yep, its just like the NPCs falloing out of the sky. Its not as bad in skyrim, but in FO3 they would fall from so high, they would just fly apart , bloody mess style.
Because ya know 6 years totally isnt enough to fixthat glitch......
It's due to the "scaletorace" keyword that is added to beds. If a child uses a normal bed, he will be a giant child when he gets up. Altmer being largely taller than any other races, they shrink when they use the beds. They re-scale a while after, at least the Altmer do, not the children.
It's neither a bug nor a glitch. To avoid this, the beds should be slightly enlarged and have Altmers for exclusive users.