Laura, my niece had the same issue with her husky son. I took him in to get his picture taken when he was three months old and the photographer was shocked he couldn't sit up by himself. The kid's father is 6'4" and 230 lbs. J's going to grow up to be a large man.

Wee kids are easier to tote, that's for sure. Liv just now outgrew her winter coat at 22 months--which was 12 months size. Owen can still wear a few of his 2T items and he'll be 4 in April.

Em is also on the tiny side. 75th %tile for height, 5th%tile for weight. She gains weight normally, but she just gets tall, also. I mean, the girl eats. And eats. She's just tiny right now. 36 months and probably around 27 lbs.

As long as the doctor's are ok with it, I'm fine with it. It took me awhile to be thus, but I looked at it like this: she'll wear her clothes longer than most kids.

What about this one:

Any vegan who tries to take away my bacon will find out first hand how I believe in the killing of animals.

Lee!

Vortex.

With Brendon and Em you can take a quick look at the dad and see that all is right and normal. (with the kids anyway)

With Brendon and Em you can take a quick look at the dad and see that all is right and normal.

Yuppers.

with the kids anyway)

And Amen!

shrift wins!

The only real issue was people treating the baby like he had some problem since he wasn't walking and talking.

A friend of a friend ran into this with her son. He was the size of a toddler before he could even crawl. He even looked like a toddler. It was really striking. The other problem was that because he was so big, when the mom grabbed his arm to keep him from falling one day, the pull of his own weight dislocated either his shoulder or his elbow, I don't remember which. They had to really watch for stuff like that; tumbles that wouldn't hurt a smaller frame really banged him up. And he walked later, they guess because his muscles had to work a bit harder to support his frame...and probably because he really hated falling down.

The thing is? While he is still on the taller side of average for his age, you would never have guessed he was ginormous baby.

While he is still on the taller side of average for his age, you would never have guessed he was ginormous baby.

My niece was born at 9 lbs, 6 oz, and she reached a point around seven years old where they were worried that she was going to need growth hormone shots. She grew no more than an inch between ages 6 and 8, possibly 9, but now she's 14 and perfectly normal in height (about 5'4" and a typical teen in body and spirit).