She's SOOOO SMALL!!!!

[kransden]

The more I read this thread, the funnier it is. Isn't it amazing what people will say to you? My dd is in the 75 percentile. I get both: "boy she sure is small" and "she is huge!". The big part originally didn't suprise me, but the small did. Now I just say to either "Yes she is, isn't she adorable, she looks just like her Dad." Very few people persue it past that.
Karin
Katie 10/24/02

[alkagift]

Ha! I get that too--one of my friends lifted my 11 pound boy and said, "he's light" while others call him a "chunker!" I've also gotten the "cream" remark--from my mother, of all people. I think Gwen is a beautiful little girl, and not too small at all--I agree with Tammy, I think people forget how small babies really are.

Allison
Mom to Matthew Clayton, 5/19/03

Wow! I'm sorry. I did this to a woman just yesterday. :( It wasn't meant to be a negative comment, honest! I just love little babies and ds is getting bigger every day. Girls just seem smaller than boys to me. The woman told me that her dd is 24" which is how long ds was last ped visit. I guess this woman must get these comments a lot, too. I didn't even think it might be irritating. So, I apologize. She was just so cute!

I think the majority of people, like you, don't mean anything negative. Ds is on the small side and I have 'first-time mother paranoia' that people think he doesn't get enough to eat. That's my problem, not yours!

And, like Tammy said, I think people don't realize what size babies are in general. Just yesterday, someone said, 'He's BIG for 3 1/2 months'.

Mary & Lane 4/6/03
http://www.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=...21b3237413c427 - New 6/18

[missym]

Stacey, I agree with Mary. Don't worry about it! Everyone's comments have helped me realize that my upset is more to do with my own fears that Gwen is too small.

(And, FWIW, they're right! The ped now says she's "significantly underweight" with a height in the 87th percentile and weight in the 6th. We're taking drastic measures to get some pudge on the little beanpole!)

Missy, mom to Gwen 03/03

I agree - don't worry about other's ignorance. Though I have a huge baby - 97% for both height and weight compared to other males - I was a wee one growing up. BUT - my growth curve looked just like the other ones - only lower. My dr wasn't concerned since I was growing like a should, just on a smaller scale. What he didn't expect, was that I didn't stop fully growing until 22 years old!!