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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From birth?

I jest, but my son was born at 9 and a half pounds and I don’t remember the length but comparable. I remember when I took him to his first checkup at the pediatrician’s office, they came in a weighed him again because he had somehow managed to gain weight!

He’s always been a head taller than kids his age. The only difference is that he was a super chubby baby/toddler and became a very lanky and skinny kid and teenager. His dad didn’t fill out until his 20’s so I imagine he will probably too. [/quote]

Birth weight and length has nothing to do with ultimate size. It’s only a function of the size of the mother and space in her pelvis. [/quote]

I’m the previous poster. I’m also 5’ 3” so it was also really funny to be the petite mom with the enormous baby.

The question was when I knew he’d be tall. And the answer was since birth.

In the delivery room they tried to put newborn diapers on him, but he was already too big. They sent out a nurse to get size 1s. He was born big and he remained big all his life.

It’s a weird take to insist that my son who has always been bigger than other kids his age wasn’t “actually” big as an infant. Or maybe I should have been “surprised” at some point that my huge baby turned into a huge toddler, then a super tall kid, then a super tall teen. He pretty much stayed on the same growth curve his whole life. To me, that feels like being “surprised” that my brown haired son continued to have brown hair as a kid and teen. According to you, when should I have known? [/quote]

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