Who said that babies have to be fat?

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

I was overfeeding my baby, and hospital scales confirmed impressive gains in his weight whenever we went for immunisation

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What you need to know:

My son turned six a few weeks ago, and his body has never gained noticeable weight.
To this day I am yet to fully wrap my mind around why he was expected to be fatter than he is.

I had just set my then one-year-old son on a floor mat to play with his toys when one of my aunts walked into our compound.

“Irisimba,” she started, “this is not Milan’s body. He needs to be fatter than this; why are you underfeeding him?”