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"Your baby is such a lil chub!"
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Anonymous
I cant' imagine anybody being offended unless their native tongue is not English. |
Anonymous
| We referred to our little one as the bulky roll. |
Anonymous
If you've never been around babies and didn't know that "chubby" was not a bad thing, then it might seem odd to have everyone commenting on that. In general, "chubby" is not viewed as good or normal in our society for anyone except babies and young toddlers. |
Anonymous
| I love chubby babies. You should take it as a compliment. My kids are freakishly muscular and I wanted a chubby baby. You are lucky. |
Anonymous
| DH and I call our 11 week old fifteen pounder Chubs all the time. Obviously we mean it only in the best way as we think he is perfect in every way. DH is ever so proud of his chunky boy. |
Anonymous
| We call our twin daughters Fatso and Super Fatso. They are so chubby and cute and we get lots of comments about how chubby and cute they are. Our son was a very chubby baby and now, at 7, he is skinny skinny! |
Anonymous
Oh, brother...what? |
Anonymous
I disagree. It is good to have those extra rolls of fat. If your infant has ever been seriously ill and unable to eat for even a short period of time, you would know how very quickly they can burn through those extra stores. A normal, healthy baby often has, for example, leg rolls. Don't judge a baby's "health" by adult standards. Go by what your pediatrician says. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6417869 "The bottom line: Putting on pounds quickly is normal for a baby, but putting on too many pounds too quickly is not. And it can take an expert's eye to know the difference. |
Anonymous
| I'm going to offer an other perspective. I was a "chubby" baby. In reality I was pretty normal sized, falling exactly at the 50th percentile throughout my infant and toddler years. My family and others always commented on me being chubby. With my extended family it was done in a way that really did have some negative connotations. Maybe with others it didn't. My mother who has always had weight issues herself took it upon herself to on-and-off enforce a diet on me and to be super controlling about the food I was allowed to eat. This started really young, as early as when I was a toddler. By the time I was in elementary school my diet was frequently restricted. After a teacher would comment or my mother would just feel bad that I was always hungry, she would throw a bunch of cookies or some other junk food in front of me. The result was a lifetime of eating disorders and an overall bad relationship with food, which I am just now starting to overcome at close to 40 years of age. Of course it was my mother's reaction to the comments that was the problem, not necessarily the comments. However, I do think it is not a good idea to comment on any child's weight, no matter how young they are. It does often imply under or overfeeding by the parent and it can be a sensitive subject. Plus, why start the behavior of forming opinions about kids based on their weight. Can't you just say "Your baby is so adorable"? I certainly hope the "chubby" comments don't extend into toddlerhood, because toddlers do pick up on this eventually. A child's weight is between the parent and their pediatrician, and it's no one else's business. |
Anonymous
Don't worry OP. Your baby is very likely to thin out in the near future. All three of my kids have been little chubs. I love their fat little thighs - so cute. My older kids are 5 yo and 3 yo and they are now downright skinny (and I get a lot of "are you feeding your kids enough?"). It seriously never ends.... |
Anonymous
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My son has 'cankles', we call his legs 'tree stumps' and his nick name is 'Biggie'.
He is 16 mths and 33 lbs. He was over 10 lbs at birth. He has always been chubby, I've never been offended, I actually agree with people when they say it. |
Anonymous
The breastfeeding medal that you awarded yourself is a bit blinding. |
Anonymous
| Having had nurses at the hospital and then our pediatrician tell us our DS wasn't gaining enough, we were thrilled when he eventually shot into the 90th percentile. Babies are all different and certainly don't need to be fat to be healthy, but if you've got a chubber it's one less thing to worry about. I think breastfeeding moms or moms who had difficulty with breastfeeding are the most in tune with this being a compliment because when those babies are not gaining weight it all falls on an assessment of the mom's body/capability to supply adequate milk, or at least that's how it can feel. |
Anonymous
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Sometimes it can be annoying. Every time one of my colleagues looks a picture of my DD (who is about to turn 2) in my office, she says "she is so fat!" (and DD has always been 50th percentile for weight and height, BTW). English is not her first language though, so I just blow it off. Her kid is the same age and she is always asking me how much mine weighs, too.
But yeah, I wish she wouldn't say this EVERY SINGLE TIME. I just respond with "yeah, she's my little chunker". Not much else to say. |
Anonymous
yup - I used to have to pull back the folds to get DS clean. He started thinning out after he started walking, but after his last little virus (he's 2) he officially lost his potbelly and we've had to adjust his pants. I'm so sad! |