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Aibu to be sick of people saying my baby is huge

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Mynotsolittlemonkey · 18/08/2019 21:40

So my baby is 7 weeks old today. He is absolutely perfect and the picture of a happy healthy baby which everyone agrees with. However I am sick of people commenting on how huge he is, how we should put him on a diet etc. Mostly it is said in jest but it's starting to wear thin. I'm aware he is big but he is also healthy and I think he is actually long not just 'fat'.

He doesn't look like a 7 week old, he looks about 3 months and it makes me sad he is growing so fast which isn't helped by these comments. Today in the supermarket a lady asked how old he was and when I said she told me I was feeding him too much?!

I've also been told he will be a big boy and that I'll need to watch he isn't obese :-( I'm so worried that when he is older he will be bullied or something for being big which I know is ridiculous! Has anyone had a big baby that has evened out as they grew?

He was born 9 pounds and is now just over a stone. He is on the 94th or 95th percentile I cant remember which.

He is bf exclusively and mil has said I'll have to wean him early as that won't satisfy him until 6 months? I'm a bit cautious of anything she says tbh as we have a terrible relationship and she has already tried to give him a bottle so she could have him to stay.

Aibu ? I'm probably being over sensitive! To me he is just perfect :-)

OP posts:
EKGEMS · 19/08/2019 11:41

Well to be honest I'd have loved to have had your problem; for perspective my son was 3 lbs at birth-he was 10 weeks premature and we fought tooth and nail to increase his weight.
Your boy sounds absolutely precious and well loved. Sometimes big babies end up big and tall like their parents and sometimes just average sized. What's important is loving them no matter what! You're a great mom. My boy is 19 (!) and about 130 lbs currently

sandalsinthebin · 19/08/2019 14:01

DS was a huge baby too. Still is. He's now at a rugby playing school where all the boys want to be enormous! It's lovely to be tall and strong.

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