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Anyone have a small baby??
Marissa was born at 37 weeks due to me developing Pre-Eclampsia and having to have an emergency c-section. She was 5 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.
Fast forward to her 9 month checkup, her weight is now 15 pounds, 5 ounces..She is healthy, crawling and loves her food! The Pedi had no concerns.
But.... I get comments from people like "My baby weighed that when he/she was 3 months old" And then today at the bank the teller says "She can't be 9 months, I would have figured 6 months, she is small"
It just irks me and makes me feel bad. I guess there is no real point to this post but I needed to vent. Has anyone else dealt with this?
~Thanks for listening 
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Re: Anyone have a small baby??
Yep, J has always been a peanut (hovers around 25th percentile or lower). On the other hand, W is a total hoss (95th percentile or higher). We get comments on either end of the spectrum. People are stupid and, for whatever reason, ALWAYS want to comment on the size of children.
I should just get "STFU" t-shirts made for the boys.
People are just stupid. They make comments about everything.. if she wasn't small people would tell you how huge she was...
Jack had an average birth weight but only weighed about 14 lbs at his first birthday, and not even 20 at his second. Now at 6 and a half years old he weighs 38lbs (we've been struggling to keep him over 40 lbs since his last surgery earlier this year). He's always hovered somewhere between 'not quite on the charts' and 10%. People always have and still make comments "Don't you feed him?" "String bean" etc, all the time.
Henry's kind of peanut too, 10% for weight, 25% for height. Some people tell me he's gigantic for his age (really, he's 2 and he weighs 24 lbs? my daughter weighed more than him when she was 1, LOL) and other people talk about how tiny he is.
People are just idiots... most of the time I just try to remember they're just trying to make small talk and not really thinking about it... They're not trying to be mean.
When people say this, I'm tempted to say "Sorry that your baby is fat."
You're going to get the comments no matter what. I get the opposite comments, about how big my boy is, he's going to play football, and how it's a good thing he's not a girl (seriously, I get this a lot). The funny thing is, as much as I know these comments are annoying, I have to bite my own tongue sometimes when looking at a baby. I, of course, don't mean anything bad. But small babies are so freaking cute to me because I never had one. But I'm smart enough to find something else to say. And big babies make me smile because they remind me of C. So while some of the comments are offensive, most are just people admiring your baby.
I got this all the time b/c DS was so big. Someone actually asked me one time if I was sure he was only 7 months...umm, yeah, I was there for the birth. Take it with a grain of salt and just smile.
I would never use the word "fat" to describe a baby!! I am on the opposite end of the spectrum and I swear we can't go anywhere without someone commenting on DS's size. People are constantly asking how old he is and how much he weighs, what size clothes he wears, etc. I embrace his size and I think his size is perfect! Whether he was a tiny peanut or a giant baby, as long as he's healthy I'm happy! At 7 months he's now 25lbs and he doesn't seem to be slowing down. Babies come in all shapes and sizes and just because they are smaller or larger than others doesn't mean we as parents should have to explain why they are the size they are. That said, I would be extremely offended if anyone ever referred to my son as "fat".
Yup! Itty Bitty still isn't on the charts, below the 10th percentile!
people need to mind their own business!
Savannah
Callista
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"Someday we will look at our babies and know it will be worth it. If it was easy, we would not have had our babies, the babies we were meant to have." From Amy052006
I am in TTT's boat. Sophia is still teeny - almost 3 and only 28.8 lbs. Annie on the other hand is a HOSS at 22 lbs her last visit.
People are stupid. Ignore them.
It's a joke.
Um, DD just got on the charts at her 3 year check-up. She was born at 36 w due to HELLP syndrome, and weighed 4 lbs. 11 oz. (I also had a 2 vessel cord with her.) She struggled with eating for the first 18 months, and we had her in feeding therapy at Children's. She is still a picky eater to this day, and only weighs 25 lbs. She weighed 14 lbs. 11 oz. at her year check-up, an exact 10 lb. gain since birth. She was diagnosed with FTT at Children's.
The comments from strangers used to make me boil over, because how is my child's size their business... they don't know about her prematurity, eating issues, etc. Now it doesn't bother me. She is a happy, healthy girl, just super petite. My advice is to just listen to your pedi, not random people who can't keep their comments to themselves.
I'll follow Amber's quote by saying that her DD and my DD are almost the same age and pretty much the same size. They're just petite. It drives me INSANE when people comment on how small she is. I'm tempted to say, "Look at me, you idiot. I'm five feet tall. What would make you think she'd be tall? Mine your own business."