Recent Descriptions of my baby, lets start with "Big Boy"

ACM12 · September 2012

"Gordo", "He likes his food", "Good Eater", "Doesn't say no to a bottle" and the one I most hate "FAT".

Fat? Really. Hes a baby! My perfect, healthy (yes, chubby) baby. Sure, he is on the larger size, at the 4 month appointment he weighted 19 pounds..but fat?! No.

He is having four or five (usually 5) 6 ounce bottles everyday and we have recently started cereal in the evening. We have also very recently stopped the mid night bottle.

I am tired of always hearing comments about his weight. I am a first time mom and all of the comments make me secretly question if I am doing something wrong. I don't think I am. But this is all new and I am learning as I am going so you never know.

AmandaR204 · September 2012

EVERYONE rags on my kids nose. Also my DS get's 5 6oz bottles a day too, so your not like forcing him to eat a ton or something. Babies have different bodies, they thin out when they get older and become more active. Tell them all they can just shove it.

Violet28 · September 2012

I had a elderly woman come up to us and say to my DD, "Well, you haven't missed a meal, have you?"

And E's not even really that big, she just has chubby chipmunk cheeks. Fat is a good thing on a baby as they will need the energy for running around and during those picky eater times of toddlerhood.

Also, my husband was 26 lbs at 6 months after being born at 7lbs15oz. He turned out to be very slim as he grew older.

starbound6 · September 2012

It's just like when you're pregnant, people are idiots and don't know what to say - so they say the stupidest thing they can think of:) I've heard it all too. Mine's on the other end of the spectrum and people are always asking when he's going to get "real food" (I EBF) ugh!

nikkip2009 · September 2012

This is one thing as a first time mom that really pisses me off! Family is always telling Evan that he's fat and it drives me up a wall. The kid isn't even five months old and is perfectly healthy according to his pedi. I so want to tell people to shove it sometimes. I get the guilt thing too, you second guess yourself enough. No need to have other people add to it.

ACM12 · September 2012

I wish no one else had experiences like this, but its nice to know im not alone, your responses are encouraging. Thank you!

rxbeth · September 2012

It's a good thing I know my baby is adorable because people are always commenting on her rolls, chub and asking what she's storing in those cheeks. I always get asked how much she weighed when she was born - she a 7lbs 0oz - perfect 50% percentile. Then people feel the need to comment on how awesome my breast milk is. Awkward.

bumpuser5917313 · September 2012

It's starting to wear on me too, so I'm happy I'm not alone. Andrew is a big boy. He's 95% in both height and weight. Most of the time, people are commenting on how cute he is and how they love a chunky baby. But when some random stranger laughs at your fat baby, it hurts. They're just ignorant and think they're complimenting him, but they need to shut it.

I swear . . . . next time somebody calls him fat, I'm going to return with "So you two have something in common!"

KatFCo · September 2012

I got "Giant baby" when I took him to my dr's appointment last week. "Healthy" or "he certainly likes to eat, doesn't he?" are also common. It doesn't bother me too much; when people make those comments, I just smile brightly and say, "yep! he's growing well!" DD was tiny at first, due to being a preemie, then she was super chunky because she was on a high-calorie formula, so she got lots of comments on both sides. We learned to just let it roll off our backs. People weren't trying to be mean; they were taking pleasure in a sweet, happy baby. Teeny babies are cute and chunky babies are cute too.

MMC0927 · September 2012

Glad I'm not alone. Athena has chubby legs, and is long - so I'm constantly hearing "What a chunky monkey!" Her weight and height are proportional, and if they weren't... so what!? THEY ARE BABIES. Let them grow! I want to come back with such mean comments to people, but I don't want to make enemies left and right. All of your babies are beautiful!