[Guest_3Keiki_*]

DD is 2.5 she is over a metre tall and nearly 20 kilos. She is a big girl. She is way off the charts for both and our CFH nurse says she is about the size an average 4 year old. So yes. And no. Luckily I guess I live in a pretty small town and most people know us so they know how old she is. What I do hate though is the comments about how 'sturdy' she is. We had a princess and knights dress up at playgroup and she was told she should have dressed as the knight as she had better shoulders for it than the boys.... WTH. DS1 was always big for his age too. You get used to it. And you get used to saying 'No actually he shouldn't be doing XYZ he is only (insert age), thanks for speaking before your brain engaged'

[Escapin]

Yep, DD is 15mo but looks more like 2 (at least). She's very tall and not too beefy so like some other PPers have said, she doesn't have the baby fat. When I chat to other mums at the playground I always say how old she is straight away (and ask how old their LO is). That way people don't expect her to be talking or sharing or whatever!

I was always way taller than all the other kids (until I stopped growing at 13 - doh!) and in retrospect, I think I was always expected to 'act' a few years older than I was. I'm determined not to put this expectation on DD (as much as I can help it anyway!)

[dorkalicious]

My 22monther is quite tall for his age and does look older than he is- people often mistake him for 3.

A month or two ago an old woman approached me in the supermarket (DS in pram) and told me I shouldn't be letting a 4 year old ride around in a pram he's already a bit fat! I wanted to slap her face but instead I knelt down and said to Ds "Oh isn't that funny this lady thinks you are twice as old as you are! Nevermind, we don't talk to rude strangers" and walked past her.

This post has been edited by mymockingbirdboy: 25/07/2012, 09:18 PM

[imamumto3]

i also have the opposite problem with dd2, she is tiny but is a little pocket dynomite. people think she is a lot younger, at 21 months she looks maybe 12 months. people give me strange looks in the park when i let her loose on the climbing equipment or slide and i dont help her or stand right beside her

[laridae]

DD is tallish and skinny (takes after her dad), so she doesn't have a lot of baby fat so looks more like a little kid that a baby. She's always been fairly ahead at her physical skills (crawling at 6m, walking at 11m etc). When she was 14m I has someone tell me they thought she was 2 already!
At least her hair is taking a long time to grow (its very curly so is longer than it looks) so hopefully not too many people will think she is older.

[cheekymonkeysmum]

Yes and annoys the buggery out of me.

A lot of older children always go up to ds and ask to play and start talking to him or just random hug him then when they don't get a response out of ds they come to me and ask why no i just tell them he is still only young and he can't talk yet (he is 3 next month but has a lot of speech problems and social problems).

Or just random adults saying "Oh his tall" then look at my partner and say "oh his taking after his father".


This post has been edited by cheekymonkeysmum: 25/07/2012, 09:41 PM

[mum201]

My sister's son. He is just over 2, weighs 20 kgs (not at all fat), well over 100cms at 2 and looks like he is at least 4. His vocabulary is astounding eg I asked him what something was and instead of saying a bird, he said 'an ibis'. I also asked him what something else was, not really expecting a reply and he said 'it's a crane for moving materials on a building site'. I just stood there with my mouth open. Anyhow when he goes to play group I think it's a bit weird for him because he doesn't look or speak like the other babies, but he lacks the maturity of the 3- 4 year olds. The 4 year olds think he is a 'slow' 4 year old and don't understand why he wears nappies, and he is not really interested in the 2 year olds because he doesn't realise they are his peers because he is a giant.

[opethmum]

Yes, she is 16 kgs and is a metre and a bit tall and she gets mistaken for a 4 year old and one of the bus passengers told me that she was delayed in communication and needed assessment and I politely informed her that she just turned two.

[daisyt]

My DD is always mistaken for a 2year old!
She is the same height as her little 2.5 year old mate!
and she is only 15 months!
DP and i are both quite tall, and we always knew that DD wouldn't be a shortie, but
i do worry that people will always expect more from her because they think that she's older!

[CallMeProtart]

My niece is like this, and my SIL has complained that she (the niece) has always had it a bit hard, because people expect more of her and show her less patience than they would if she looked younger
Sorry no solution. She's now 7 but could pass for 10-11.