um, no. but i'm talking about babies in particular - the subject of the thread lol. not even i wander the world pointing at obese teenagers and hurling abuse. not sure where i mentioned screaming 'who ate all the pies' to an adult either... perhaps i wasn't clear enough that my comments were directed only at babies lol. (and only those who i come into contact with lol - i don't stalk women in waitrose and pass my verdict on their tots lol)
dd1 was tres, er, 'robust'. and like i said earlier, even the paed called ds1 'fatso' when he had double pneumonia. (i think it was the two inches of fat overhanging his knees that did it lol) i rather took it as a compliment on my uber-mammaries, which is probably where the OP has a problem tbh. i have to confess that my kids (as babies) have all been on the stocky side. never fat once weaned, but undoubtedly 'solid' lol. i remember having near hysterics at the inane coffee morning type who gasped in horror as dd1 crawled towards her, and eventually squawked 'what enormous hands she's got!' very funny.
am i insulting the babies? no. but if offence is taken by the mummies, then clearly i would be careful not to make similar small talk in the future, however friendly my initial motives were lol. and tbh i probably wouldn't bother to hang around such sensitive types either... nothing wrong in being uber-sensitive, but it's quite high maintenance to be around sometimes. i really don't have any problems with people commenting on how big a tot is within normal limits lol. clearly if a child was outside those normal limits (ie failure to thrive or obese) then it would be in particularly bad taste to make a comment.
likewise as children get older it's irrelevant really, you can make small talk about brownies, ballet, rock climbing or SATs lol. there's only so much you can say when presented proudly with yet another small offspring - 'oh, it's a baby' lol. i daren't say 'omg what a hideous pink frilly dress' (i think it quite a lot, which probably does make me a horrible person tbh...)
i can't think of anything more normal than discussing size and weight with a bunch of mums eating biscuits lol. if it's not how porky my child is, it's how porky i am, and how if anyone sees me eating another chocolate brownie, to call the diet police.
one of my favourite memories is of a mum round the corner introducing me to her (let's be frank, titchy) newborn son (5 lb 5) saying 'this is x, he's like a baby, only smaller'). the next conversation was about how quickly she was back in her jeans. (about 6 hours lol).
society fixated on size? quite probably.
me insulting? er, no. some babies are diddy. and some are, erm, sturdy. give it 3 or 4 years, and the mummies won't be queuing up at the hv every week to check how heavy/ long their darlings are anyway. i'm not sure why commenting on a baby's size is insulting, when it's the raison d'etre of the (apparently welcomed) growth chart in any case lol.