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[Mariposa]

My DD just turned 11 months old and was 16 lbs 15oz a couple of days ago. I always get the "She is soo small comments". Especially since she has been walking for a couple of weeks and that catches people off guard since she looks younger.

I just say tell them that she is following in my footsteps since I was only 17 1/2 pounds at 1 year. I sometimes get irritated, but oh well. I am glad she is light! Since she still likes to be carried a lot!

I don't think people realize that mom's in general take comments personally sometimes. Mom's of skinny babes think that they are insinuating that they don't feed them enough and mom's of chubby babes think they are saying they feed them too much. I try not to take it personal, especially since I know that she is just taking after me!

Since she is a carbon copy of her father, I often say that she got that from me!

Try not to let it bother you. But I can totally relate!! I have also been known to say that "We think she is perfect!"

pepper

[juicylucy]

this always bothers me, but I am used to it now. I have a teeny tiny 19lb6 25 month old, and people are ALWAYS making comments. Ie. "was he premature?", "is he alright?" etcetc. It bugs me but I ignore them most of the time.

[simcon]

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I agree with HannahSims that people are often just trying to say *something* Our baby has been at 50-60 percentile for everything and we still get comments about being "big" or "small"--I don't really know what to say, and am not bothered about it--just usually answer, "I don't know, really? Her last appointment was a few weeks ago, so I'm not sure what she weighs..." Seems to make the comments pass quickly.

[frodo]

my dd is almost a year. she was a preemie and weighed just under 3 1/2 lbs at birth. she is still so incredibly tiny that she isn't even on the curve.

my doctor isn't too worried, but the nurses harrass me every time i bring her in. we're just shorties, on both sides of the family. i'm about 5' and dh is only an inch or 2 taller than me. his mom is 4'11". short happens, i guess.

what really irks me is when people ask me how old baby is, and i tell them, & they tell me i must be mistaken! excuse me, i'm her mother! i know how old she is! when i say, "she's 11 months," people always say, "oh, you mean 11 weeks!" it totally miffs me!

peace