There is no escape from social media trolls these days. Recently, Alexa Priego, a mother of an 11-months-old baby boy was trolled daily on social media about her baby’s weight. She agreed with the fact that her baby Kason is bigger than the usual baby size but this doesn’t give people the right to rudely make fun of him.

Elaborating on it, she shared that usually 11-months-old weight around 9kg but her son weighed 14 kgs and also required clothing of size bigger than his baby months. She highlighted the fact that he was the heaviest baby in the world and said that doctors are fond of how fully grown he is at such a small age. Priego said that people always misunderstand her baby’s age due to his large appearance, they mistakenly think of him as a kid who is more than 11 months.

The mother from New York added that her previous babies were born they were of the same size so it didn’t amaze her as she knew she makes big babies. For Priego, her 10-year-old Owen and 4-year-old Gracie were the same sizes. She explained that her third baby Kason was born normal-sized. She said that she delivered him of the usual 3kg but after breastfeeding him she watched him double his size in just two months.

Priego who is a hospital administrator was concerned about the sudden weight gain so she consulted the doctors who weren’t that concerned and eventually told her that she overproduces the breastmilk which leads to overfeeding and sudden weight gain. She shared that after a few months her son was given formula and currently he is moved to weaning as he has started taking solids.

Unfortunately, despite Priego having accepted her baby’s size and doesn’t deny that he is big, people keep on trolling and spreading rude comments on her page. Some casually joked that her son is too grown up. Comments like ‘Does the baby pays rent,’ ‘maybe he doesn’t pay rent his parents might be scared of him,’ ‘Are you feeding him other babies?’ flooded her page. While some were funny, some cruel, a few commenters also thought that they are being helpful.

People started suggesting to her in comments that she should consult a pediatrician and change the way she is feeding her baby. Priego said that such comments sounded more like taunts rather than help. She also clarified to people that it was impossible to overfeed a baby as according to infant nutrition experts’ babies have a self-regulatory diet which means they eat when they are hungry and they don’t eat when they are full.

Luckily, Priego also has lots of supporters who adore her son. Some of them have also shared similar stories of their babies seeming extra bigger than their age. They assured Priego that once babies start walking they come back to their normal toned size. She shared that she is fortunate to have Kason as he is an easy-going child who spreads so much happiness and he doesn’t need too much attention. Added to that she said that he sure may have lots of hidden talents and there is so much more than only focusing on his large appearance.

Parsing her son, Priego said that he grasps quickly as he has learned to crawl so fast though he requires support at times. She expressed that she is still learning to deal with the hate comments and felt that people deep down don’t feel so much hate as they show on lame comments.