Apparently my baby is a giant

sbuxsweetie · May 2011

Yesterday at a 1 YO's birthday party, we met a lady who has been in the home daycare business for over 25 years. She looked at DS (who was sleeping in my arms) and said, "How old is he? 6 months?" I said, "No, he's 3 months." She said that in all her years, she had never seen such a big 3 month old, and raved about how tall he is. I only have one other 3 mo. old to compare him to, at church, and he *is* a little smaller than C.

This whole thing cracks me up, because I'm 5'0" and come from a family of mostly short people. It's looking like DS may have gotten DH's genes in that department!

*edited for clarity

AnneEB · May 2011

A lady told me the same thing the other day. She said she has lots of grandkids and is an expert at guessing baby's ages and thought DS was 5 or 6 months old. I just grow big babies, I guess

sbuxsweetie · May 2011

Too funny! Do you know your LO's stats? We measured him on his 3 month birthday, and he was 25". Not sure how much he weighs yet, though. Stupid inaccurate scale.

marzipanbunny · May 2011

We were in the Easter Bunny line behind a couple with an adorable baby who was much smaller than ours yet sitting up and holding toys and generally making me feel like my child was deficient. The mother turned around and said "Oh how old is your little guy?" I told her 10 weeks and she said "Oh." so I asked how old her LO was and she said "He's 6 months." I couldn't believe how annoyed she sounded.

At his 2 month appt Gideon was 24 and 1/2 inches long (90th percentile) and at a pedi appt on the 22nd (11 weeks) he weighed 15lbs 15.5 ounces (95 percentile).

I feel kind of bad for him because people think he is older and expect him to be able to do more

Aviee · May 2011

WOW! DD is in like..the 4th percentile for height and weight...the only time she's a giant is when we play Middle Earth (like Dungeons and Dragons) and we let her walk on the scenery like Godzilla! We so need pictures of her doing that....

sbuxsweetie · May 2011

Aviee:
WOW! DD is in like..the 4th percentile for height and weight...the only time she's a giant is when we play Middle Earth (like Dungeons and Dragons) and we let her walk on the scenery like Godzilla! We so need pictures of her doing that....

::dies:: Please, please take pics! LOL

AnneEB · May 2011

I'm not sure exactly what he weighs, I'm thinking around 15.5 pounds right now. He was 12 lbs, 12 oz at his 2 month checkup. My first son was 14 lbs 15 oz at his 2 month checkup - my boys like hanging out at the top of the charts

Although now that my older son is 2.5, he's only in the 48th percentile for weight, so he leveled off quite a bit!

hesherhero · May 2011

Is my DD the only one that gets she looks younger than she is?

I think she is big. lol. Everyone seems to think she is 6 weeks and she is 13 weeks. Her pedi said that she was average for her age, but she in the lower percentile. At least in her weight. When she was born though everyone said she was such a big baby so it surprises me that they think she is so small.

kmares · May 2011

I was at Target and a lady in line told me that DS was larger then her 1 yr old granddaughter. DS is probably a little over 15 pds. To me he is such a chunker bc DD is a peanut. She weighed 16 pds at 1 yr.

Etta07 · May 2011

marzipanbunny:
We were in the Easter Bunny line behind a couple with an adorable baby who was much smaller than ours yet sitting up and holding toys and generally making me feel like my child was deficient. The mother turned around and said "Oh how old is your little guy?" I told her 10 weeks and she said "Oh." so I asked how old her LO was and she said "He's 6 months." I couldn't believe how annoyed she sounded.

At his 2 month appt Gideon was 24 and 1/2 inches long (90th percentile) and at a pedi appt on the 22nd (11 weeks) he weighed 15lbs 15.5 ounces (95 percentile).

I feel kind of bad for him because people think he is older and expect him to be able to do more

Ok so I am thoroughly confused at 2 months my LO measured 24" and they told me he was in the 50th percentile? Please explain

Jennabug25 · May 2011

I weighed my LO with him on the scale with me...not exact but he was 15lbs and he was 14 lbs at his 2 month appointment. People always comment on how he is sucha big boy and he looks much older. My own mother keeps asking if he is crawling or rolling over. I told her babies don't start to really roll over until 3 months(at least the book says that) he is trying to roll but hasn't mastered it yet. I feel bad everyone expects him to start throwing foots balls with his big ole meat hooks already! I have a big boy! I am only 5'1 and his daddy is 6'2 so it seems he didn't get my genes...only in the excessively chubby cheek area

LarkNow · May 2011

Mine is, too. Yesterday was her 2-month appointment: 24 1/4" and 13lbs. She's at the 93rd %ile overall. But I'm pretty tall for a girl and DH is 6'5" so I think that's where she gets it. She was a much smaller newborn, though, 29th %ile.

buckeyebrat · May 2011

Wow, big babies! My LO is now 16 lbs and 27" long. I understand people thinking he's much older, too. Alot of guesses have been 5-6 months.

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lilredheadgirl · May 2011

Yeah, people guess 5-6 months (or look surprised when I tell them DS is almost 3 months) too. We just have to get used to it as mamas of big boys I think!

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