If one more person tells me DD is small...

Bananappeal145

I'm going to loose it. I am really starting to hate old ladies. They always have to say something. DD is on the small side but she's still well on the chart, and healthy. But every d*mn day I get some comment or other about how small she is for her age. Also, I took her to the grocery store the other day without socks and from the 3 old ladies that felt the need to stop me and comment on it you would have thought I had her out naked in a snow storm. One of them said something about the socks and then commented about how small she was. I almost had to hurt her. So frustrating!  

Jenny952

haha, I know what you mean!  DD was small too, only 6 lbs but she's growing and well in the right percentiles.  She has a small-ish head, which is probably where some of the comments came from.  It used to make me sooo mad when people commented about her size.  But I started saying that I hope she's always skinny... and that usually shuts people up.  They just have to say something, and I guess that's the best they can come up with.

authorofdreamz

People are just dumb. Ignore them. DD IS small (5%) and people always tell me how BIG she is

honeybee #1

D@mn irritating isn't it? I agree about the socks. I had DD in the same situation a while back, and some nut actually came up and grabbed her feet and told me her feet were cold. I about punched her. It's just like with pregnancy, the only think you really want to hear is how cute your baby is.

lkm2006

Torally understand! DS was a month early and an IUGR baby so he was tiny. He finally hit 8 pounds at 2 months!  We received comments forever and people would always guess the wrong age or ask how old and then kind of just stare and ask if he was early. 

I dont get too many comments now because he seems to be chunking right up (16 pounds now) but I still remember them! 

Best advice is just blow them off! 

sccalla

I hear you.  Both DS and DD have been diagnosed as FTT at different points.  DS because of undetected breastmilk supply issues and DD because of a late diagnosis of her severe allergies.  With DS, people kept telling me how big he was, and I wanted to punch them because he wasn't even approaching the growth chart let alone on it.  When he finally started gaining weight appropriately and was a ball of chunk, people started commenting on how tiny he was (really folks?!).  With DD, she was only off the growth chart for a very short time before her food situation was figured out, but she was very tiny from day one so strangers always think she is only 2 or 3 months old.

 

 I am starting to think people don't know what to say, so they make off-hand comments about babies without realizing that "What a precious baby!" would suffice.

maphilli@alumni.nmu.edu

I totally understand, but coming from the other side of the spectrum.  DD is in the 95th percentile for weight and height and EVERYONE tells me how big her cheeks are or how chubby her legs are.  It's annoying!!!!!

Sarahcakes29

I feel the same way, except my baby is big and we always get SO many comments from family and strangers about his size.  (He's 5 months and 19 lbs....my arms and back are well aware of his size, thankyouverymuch!)   It started to make me feel like people were calling him fat, and his grandmas expressed how "sad" they were that he wasn't little anymore and is growing out of his clothes so fast.  Well, truth be told he's exclusively breastfed and his pedi has told us repeatedly that his weight is just fine and he's a super healthy boy.  All I do is breastfeed him what he wants and I have no more control over his growth rate than I can control the color of his hair.  I would love him all the same if he were 5 lbs or 30 lbs.

Just this last week, we went to baby storytime at the library and sat next to a 4-month old baby girl who weighs 11 lbs.  Everyone commented on how different DS was from her even though they're only a month apart.  It's like people forget that babies ARE actually people who are actually as different from one another as adults are.

raepny2

My own grandma even does this. DS is in the 40th % for height and weight, but she always says, "Oh he's so big. He looks like he's 5 months old!" This would have been when he was 3 months old. Whatever. Every baby will always be different.

hway24

Totally know what you mean. Everyone always says how big DS is, and he's only in the 25th percentile. I usually just smile and keep moving.

I hate when everyone says "They grow so fast" or "Cherish these moments, they go by so quickly" It's ridiculous, I swear every person I meet says this to me. I mean, what do they think, that I've just been ignoring him for the past 6 months and am under some dilusion that he'll be a baby forever.

errica720

hway24:

Totally know what you mean. Everyone always says how big DS is, and he's only in the 25th percentile. I usually just smile and keep moving.

I hate when everyone says "They grow so fast" or "Cherish these moments, they go by so quickly" It's ridiculous, I swear every person I meet says this to me. I mean, what do they think, that I've just been ignoring him for the past 6 months and am under some dilusion that he'll be a baby forever.

omg thats so funny I feel the same way with that comment "cherish this time" uummmmm....I am....