https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:06:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2095794 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:18:00 +0000 Honeygold89 2095794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@StrawberryShortie: she is adorable! I love the hat and shoes. I have the opposite problem. My ds is 12 months and only 18lbs 7oz and 28 3/4 long and people comment all the time how small he is which actually bothers me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2089024 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:16:53 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2089024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: yes she is very tall, I would've thought they would have noticed her Spider-Man tuque more<br /> Lol</p> <p>[attach=5970/15/nkge05.450x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2089023 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:15:30 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2089023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: no! It isn't a secret she's tall, very tall but giant hmmm I don't know </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2089021 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:14:44 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2089021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamasig: awkward. Lessons in small talk required </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2089020 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:14:08 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2089020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I think if she had said it with a smile it wouldn't have bugged me but the fact that she looked concerned about how tall she is, was weird </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2089019 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:13:07 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2089019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: true... Good advice </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2089017 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:12:43 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2089017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: yes DD is 99th for height and 75th for weight so tall and thinner </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2089016 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:12:03 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2089016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: right?! I mean she said she was beautiful which is nice but the weird judgement of how old she looks is odd </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2089015 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:11:25 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2089015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: me too! I think its deceiving, even though DD is really talk </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088994 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:48:49 +0000 MenagerieMama 2088994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get that all the time!! And LO is only 5 mo, about 95th percentile for weight. I'm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088956 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:17:20 +0000 Mrs.Scientist 2088956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think like some previous posters said, some people make comments like this just because they feel compelled to say SOMETHING, and they don't know what else to say. I swear half the time I get "wow, what a big boy!" and other times I get "oh he's just a little guy." It makes no sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088951 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:08:23 +0000 PinkElephant 2088951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i just don't get why people try to tell parents what they presumably are already aware of (big baby, small baby, etc.) or why they make comments that are blatantly wrong. Recently someone tell me my 35 inch, 27 pound 2 yr 8 month daughter was "huge". Um no.....</p> <p>It's be so much nicer to say "she reminds me of my granddaughter" or "I remember having kids that age" or "cool shoes!" And leave it at that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088945 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:58:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2088945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think the comment alone is really rude, the side mumbling it weird though. </p> <p>Meanwhile C is 50% in height and I frequently get comments about "oh she must be tall!" Sometimes I just nod and smile and sometimes I tell them Nope, perfectly average. Meh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088933 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:48:39 +0000 jhd 2088933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamasig: we got that comment at the store last week too. I'm glad you think my baby is pretty but it's kind of weird to phrase it like that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088921 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:40:17 +0000 birdofafeather 2088921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: i was thinking the same thing! LO has always been tall 99th percentile til about 18 months and now she's about 80th, but she's 2 and not yet 36 inches!</p> <p>@StrawberryShortie: the mumbling to her DH would have bothered me more than just saying it to my face! it's not a secret, is it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088911 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:29:13 +0000 HabesBabe 2088911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I agree-- I'm 5'2" and C is pretty tall for her age; I don't take it personally at all. H was 10lb 12 oz when he was born, so I got the "giant baby" comment A LOT. Even a few, "How did he get out?!" comments. I laughed, because I sometimes wondered the same thing!</p> <p>To be fair, 36 inches for a 17 month old IS giant-esque. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088871 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:09:08 +0000 shellio 2088871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamasig: Weird! </p> <p>My DS has been 99 %ile for weight since about 18 mos old. 50% for height. We get a lot of comments on his size and it does get really old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088867 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:06:46 +0000 Mamasig 2088867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The other day a lady told me my two boys were so cute they could be girls. Hmmm. Thank you, I guess?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088854 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:00:29 +0000 blackbird 2088854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heh, i get it a lot, but I am no petite woman myself. </p> <p>"Yeah, she's going to kick some ass someday" has served those comments well ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088805 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:31:18 +0000 lamariniere 2088805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think most people make those kinds of comments just because they are trying making small talk. I don't think it's particularly rude. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088799 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:27:47 +0000 HLK208 2088799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I get that about DD...she's now in the 95th percentile and 75th for weight. I don't mind when someone says she's tall but "big" seems negative. I especially don't like it now that she understands them.</p> <p>On the other hand, DD2 is in the 14th percentile and people comment that she's skinny and petite, which makes me nervous because she spits up frequently so I feel like I'm starving her!</p> <p>I wish people would keep those thoughts to themselves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088798 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:27:41 +0000 littlejoy 2088798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The other day, my grandma said she was going to buy LO an easter bonnet, "but you know, she has a big head, so..." -- Okay? I didn't even say anything in response. </p> <p>When people comment on her size, I just smile. People are just weird. One day someone thinks she's tiny, and the next day someone says she's chubby. I think they're just feeling an internal need to say SOMETHING. It's awkward, but I do think they're trying to be nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088792 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:20:26 +0000 jhd 2088792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really think people should never comment on a child's size, just like they should never comment anyone else's height or weight. It is so rude and makes me so mad. Our LO has always been in the 99th percentile for height. He is only around 25th for weight. But people constantly tell us how big he is. It upsets me so much because it always comes across negatively. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088783 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:16:46 +0000 loveisstrange 2088783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is stupid tall and we get those kinds of comments all the time. </p> <p>Meh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088782 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:15:28 +0000 rachiecakes 2088782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha<br /> I'm 5'3" and my son is very average in height and people always say he looks big, but I think it's because I'm not so tall? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088780 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:13:30 +0000 psw27 2088780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is wrong with people? Even if your baby was a giant baby, or a super chubby baby, or a super tiny baby or anything else other than this woman's idea of normal, she needs to keep her comments inside of her head. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-have-a-giant-babies#post-2088749 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:01:34 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2088749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Picture this; You are in an elevator and a older couple walks in, smiling at your adorable child (of course).</p> <p> Then comes the "how old is she?" and when you respond she mumbles to her husband to "That is a giant baby"</p> <p>Who says that?! I just said "Yes, yes she is tall like her daddy"</p> <p>DD is 17 months and is 36.11 inches long, but skinny.<br /> Could it be an optical illusion because I'm only 5'3"?? </p>