My child must be big...

StokedWifey

I had to run into the store last night and this woman asked if B was three.  WTH?  I'm raising a Gigantor apparently.  To make matters worse, when I told her he's 18 months, she asked what I'm feeding him.  Um, lady, I'm 5'9", my husband is just under 6'3".  Our kid doesn't stand much of a chance of being small.  I almost told her he eats a healthier diet than her based off the junk she put on the belt and the carrots he was holding, but I bit my tongue.  How do people not realize the things they say can set a mom off?

Anybody else want to smack somebody lately?

bumpuser1509193

I get the opposite comments. People are amazed at how well he walks, I'm like well, he better be, he's a year and a half. People expect that he is a year or less.

StokedWifey

PaddyB said:

People are frequently surprised at how young Henry is, it doesn't bother me because 1- he is HUGE for his age, and 2-most people (including me) don't actually have a good idea of what the average size of a 18 mo, 2yo, or 3yo is.

That being said, I'm not quite sure why she doubled down by asking what you feed him (unless she meant it as a joke?)

That's what I think too, especially since so many of us get the same comments.  I thought 2 year olds were smaller than even B is now, so I can understand thinking he's older.  I know she probably didn't mean anything by her statement, but it was still annoying.  Stupid lady.

almrkp11

I always get that Karsyn is so small and questions if I am feeding her. I want to say, "NO, I starve my child", but I don't. I just smile and say she eats all the time!

sarahandeddiejune212008

I also get the opposite comments. A is tiny. People usually guess she's around 9 months. It's annoying because she eats healthy food 99% of the time. She weighed 20.6lbs and is 30.5 in as of last week.

APendola

I think a lot of people don't know what the right size is for a kid (at any age).  Even if they were parents themselves, they forget.  

I get comments that DD is huge sometimes too but she's actually not that big at all.

JAck5209

We do a lot of toddler play groups and people are constantly assuming that Olivia is 2. She's always in the 99th percentile for height so I get it. We had some awkward comments over the summer before Olivia started walking because people assumed she was 1.5 or 2 and still crawling.

lewispm

Most people seem to know K is younger than 2, but almost everyone comments on his size! I think it's surprising to people when I have him without Jason because I'm pretty short and I think I make K look even bigger sometimes. I had a lady ask me just yesterday in Target "Is she yours (Yes, she)?" And when I told her yes, HE is, she said "he's too big to be yours!" I really didn't take it that badly though, even the she part, because she was really nice and apologetic. I do get annoyed by how often I have to hear how big he is though. I like to think if him as my tiny baby, not the whopping toddler he has become!!

KarmB

Someone told me Lilah was huge the other day...i said...um shes 24lbs. shes small.