Chubby Babies

Johnny - posted on 07/23/2009

Feeding junk food to a baby can make them fat but also severely malnourished. It's very sad and I do not believe there is any excuse at all for it. Although some moms like to think so.

Johnny - posted on 07/23/2009

Hmm... I think that people are just generally looking for something to say, and baby size or gender is the first thing they think of. Everyone wants to talk to the baby, but no one knows what to say to them (or to mom). I would say that 50% of the time people comment on how big my daughter is and the other 50% on how small. Which I take to mean that she is disgustingly average. Right now everyone is asking me if she's walking, to which I say no, and they generally respond by saying that it's okay, it'll happen (as if I was worried). Um, yeah... I know that, but I'm not in any hurry for it.

As for chunky babies, they are sooo cute. I like little tiny ones too. Babies are so beautiful in all shapes, and I don't think most people mean anything but kindness with their comments. Perhaps sometimes we are a little oversensitive about these things. And some of the chunky babies turn out to be the tallest & thinnest. My cousin was called Sumo by her parents as a baby, and now she's 6'0 and very slender.

Sara - posted on 07/23/2009

You know Christina, there is an obesity problem with children today. I was just reading an article in "Parents" Magazine about it. Toddlers that are overweight, that's so sad.

--- - posted on 07/22/2009

I have the opposite problem. rude moms commenting on how tiny my child is because she is not on the growth chart. I will admit that the fat babies that are on the maury show are not nice to look at. I saw a baby on maury that was 30 pounds at 9 months old and the mom was feeding her chips, sweets, soda in the bottle even fried chicken and mcdonalds hamburgers :( it makes me mad to see kids like that because the parents are obviously neglectful.

Tracy - posted on 07/17/2009

People often mistake my 1 year old boy for a 18month old. He has always been big for his age and is built very solid. I have got comments since he was born but it does'nt bother me. For height he is 97th percentiles and for weight in the 90th percentile. I especially got comments on how much he used to drink before solids. I never worried about what they said as I knew my bubba and I was not gonna starve him. He has always been active bubba, crawling at 6mths and walking at 10months. He is starting to slim down alittle now that he is walking. Big Bubba's are beautiful and healthy.

JL - posted on 07/16/2009

I wouldn't take the comments offensively some people just don't fully think before they say things especially if they don't have the intent of being offensive so just shake off, smile, and move on. My oldest was a chubbster and when we had her first pictures made I was so proud and sent them out to everyone I knew and the first response I got from family and friends was WOW she is a chunky one. I got offended at first to but she was tall and was healthy so I said So what and moved on. Now she is 6 and is still tall but absolutely skinny and now people talk about how she needs to eat more but I know that she eats healthy and that it is just because she is super active.

My youngest was a chubbster too until he started crawling and he is so active and grew tall so fast that he thinned out by 9 months and now people talk about how skinny he is and once again I know he eats healthy and he eats enough it is just that he is like the friggin energizer bunny.... the kid does not stop moving. I wish I had a quarter of his energy!

Traci - posted on 07/16/2009

Sara, I wouldn't take offense to that, those comments are probably just innocent, I mean, babies are supposed to be chubby, right? I'd just shrug it off and if someone happens to say, "my, she hasn't missed a meal!" I'd just say, "Nope, she's a healthy eater!" ;) I wouldn't worry about it, though ;)



My Gracie is tiny, I wish she was a chubber! She was only 7 lbs at birth, but when she was younger, she always had some cute chubby cheeks. At her one year appointment, though, she was only in the 4th percentile for her weight. I'm so not used to this since my boy was always topping out at the 98th!!! Every baby is different, that's what makes them special, I guess:)

Charlie - posted on 07/16/2009

by the way your bubba is BEAUTIFUL !

Charlie - posted on 07/16/2009

my bubba is way above the 97th percentile although he hasnt got a roll on him , he is tall and solid , people still say things like that , i think people just say things before they think , i never take it the wrong way i love my boy just the way he is , he is healthy , happy and very smart and thats all that matters .

Allison - posted on 07/16/2009

I'm not personally offended by these comments, and having a larger child myself I too have said 'stupid' things. I remember being on a playdate and this Mom came up to me with her son who was equally as large as my daughter and I said something to the effect of, 'you have a big baby too', or 'he's a big boy, isn't he?' or something like that. And I think (though never confirmed) that I probably offended her. And I likely only got away with it because I had a chunker myself. But I know what you mean, I didn't mean it to be negative or a bad remark, just commenting on the first thing that popped into my head. But, there it was. Out in the summer air for everyone to hear!! Luckily we got along famously and are great friends, so the story has a happy ending : )

Erin - posted on 07/16/2009

Chantel I agree with you 100% about the bikini!!! Exactly for the reasons you mentioned. Milla is starting swimming lessons next months and I've warned everyone that there will be NO BIKINIS!!

Chantel - posted on 07/16/2009

I get the opposite. Breanna is tall and skinny. (its hell to find pants/shorts that don't fall down) I was in the mall with my friend who has a larger than average 18 month old and we were looking at bathing suits for the girls. She found a little bikini which I negated for Breanna as I'm not putting my baby in a bikini. She doesn't need to show off any body. Anyway my friend then said" why not? She's skinny enough to pull it off. Not like my chunk monkey" Skinny enough to pull it off??? She's a baby!!! Exactly why she is not wearing a bikini for a lot more years yet!! Now don't think too badly of my friend. She's my best friend and a great single mother, just made a dumb comment!!

Rachel - posted on 07/16/2009

I have to admit to saying some of these comments you guys absolutely hate, not most cuz some of these things are rediculous, and it makes me wonder if the women I said this to hated me after words. I love Chubby babies..after all arnt they suppose to be chubby? My little girl is super skinny..2nd percentile and its kinda weird to me. When i said some of these things tho i didn't mean them like that they were fat but just like Ya awesome your feeding them, there chubby and cute and i love it.

Cathelijn - posted on 07/16/2009

I love chubby babies!!! i always thought all babies were cubby... Isabelle is really skinny but really tall and people keep saying she is so tall.. she weighs 7.7 kilo's and is 75 cm. I am tall my self and my husband is over 6 foot so I am not surprised.. I am surpirised though that she is skinny both me and her papa are not suffering from skinniness :-)

Allison - posted on 07/16/2009

I agree Cathy. I love her little folds in her her arms and legs. I can't imagine her being any other way. She wouldn't be a 'baby' without her chub chub!!

Erin - posted on 07/16/2009

Oh I hear ya Sara!!! My Milla is 5 months old and just under 20lbs!!!! She's also 26.5in long so is actually the size of an average 9mth old. People actually don't tend to comment as much now because she genuinely just looks months older than she is, but when she was a newborn it was CONSTANT. Milla's been off the growth charts more than she's been on and she's just BIG. I'm 5ft10 and her Dad is 6ft 3 so she was never going to be a ballerina :-P
I get a little bit upset sometimes when people (usually family) comment on how much she eats, and to be careful because we 'don't want her to get fat'. I simply ask them if they like feeling hungry and they shut up pretty quick.
And I've never been more grateful for having a chubba-bubba than when Milla spent 2 days in hospital on oxygen with bronchiolitis. She lost 1/2kg in 4 days, but it didn't become an issue because she had it to lose.

Cathy - posted on 07/16/2009

I love baby fat!

Alison - posted on 07/16/2009

People used to comment that my son was fat when he was a baby. I didn't mind because I like fat babies. He is a skinny 4 y o though.

?? - posted on 07/16/2009

My lil man is a big guy too! He's 8 months and 24lbs... 26 with a loaded diaper! And he's tall on top of it.. like Molly, Mary's lil lady, Gabe's rolls have rolls... but then his tummy.. he's got abs!!!

"He's not missed a meal!"

"It won't hurt him to wait for dinner, he's got at least a months reserve built up!"

"Are you sure he's 8 months?"

"Is your family.. big..?" (and you know they're implying fat.)

"What are you feeding him!! He's a baby not a horse!!!"

"Soooo... you don't need another baby.. you've got 2 in 1 with that boy!"



I've been tempted to punch people in the face and then ask them if they're a boxer. Devon tells me I take it the wrong way too, but, I don't care if I'm taking it the wrong way. All the men on my side of the family are big strong men, solid boys... it would be weird if my son wasn't a big guy. I feel bad for any kid that picks on him for being a big boy... their moms don't know what's comin at em.



I depending on what they say I usually don't reply. If they have a kid with them though I will say something like "Yea *insert kids name* will have to be nice to him... maybe Gabe will save em from getting beat up - especially if *insert kids name* learns your mouth!" and give em a nicey nice smile.

Sara - posted on 07/16/2009

Rowan was 9 pounds at birth and just like Molly, Mary, her rolls have rolls! You could keep spare change in there!

I guess that's exactly what I'm wondering, if it's my own insecurities coming through and coloring my perception of people's comments...but I think she's perfect!

Nichole - posted on 07/16/2009

Oh my goodness. I get it all the time. I get the same things said like wow was a chunkier, or he is definitely healthy and I do get what you said he doesn't miss a meal. I had a big baby at birth so I never had the opportunity to have a little peanut. My son was born at 9lbs 4oz and now at 4 and half months he is 20lbs 1oz. He is long though so he is gonna be tall like his daddy. But yes it pisses me off to no end. It's like jeez I know he is big there's no need to tell me..lol

Mary - posted on 07/16/2009

Sara, Molly's rolls have rolls, so I hear it ALL the time!! Funny thing is, she's consistently been in the 50th percentile for both ht & wt, so although I KNOW she's appropriately sized and proportioned, I do sort of cringe when people say that the girl must really like her food! I wonder if it is a reflection of my own insecurities that I let those comments bug me, even a little? I mean, aren't 8 month old babies supposed to have those cute little rolls of baby fat?

Sara - posted on 07/16/2009

lol...thanks for making me feel better! It hasn't started to bother me until the last week or so, I'm just sick of it. I just think that her hearing remarks like that as she grows up aren't the best thing for her, so I may have to put the smack down as she gets older!!!!

Thanks again ladies!

Sarah - posted on 07/16/2009

Hahaha! Allison, that's fab! :)

Allison - posted on 07/16/2009

I'll say this just for the chuckle factor. Next time somebody makes a comment about your baby simply say, with a straight face "If you think he/she is big you should see the size of the sperm factory he/she came from" . . . . lol. .. I crack myself up. I'm sure the conversation we be over at that point.

Allison - posted on 07/16/2009

I am a proud parent to a chunker!! She's 24 1lbs at one year. though I would argue that the scale at the Dr.'s office of wrong. because I swear she weighs significantly more than that!! She's already wearing 2T clothing. Which is way too long, unless she was wearing stilts, but it's a struggle to get those arms to squeeze through sleeves that are clearly designed for a more slender child. hahaa
And I've heard it all - oh those cheeks, looks like she stocking up for winter!! blah blah blah. .. Honestly it doesn't bother me all that much. It used to annoy me but I have since decided that my energy is sparse and coveted. I can't afford to waste it on stupid people. . .. I know what she eats and it's not chips and cookies. I put these people in the same category as the ones who make stupid comments to preggo's. I think they are just trying to make conversation and it just comes out all wrong. (for the record, I don't really think these people are stupid, just the remarks).

Sarah - posted on 07/16/2009

I used to get it with Shia all he time (not so much now.....i think punching that one woman put them off!!! joke!)
Just ignore them, as Mary says, if they weren't saying she were big they'd be saying she was small!! :)

Jenifer - posted on 07/16/2009

I get that all the time with Isaac, too. His growth has actually slowed down a lot now that he's crawling and cruising, and at 10 months he's 26 lbs. People always comment on his size. I was at a wedding last weekend and introducing him to a lot of family and friend who hadn't seen him yet, so I heard it over and over and over. I think people's intentions are good when they say it though. First impression, people probably note how big he is before anything else.

ME - posted on 07/16/2009

I have a different problem...my son is 17 monts and 21 lbs...he's SO skinny! I often get accused of not feeding him enough, which is untrue, and very hurtful...so I hear where you are coming from. As I've said before, we get enough pressure and grief as moms...it would be nice if we could simply be understanding and supportive of one another!