SWFHbaby - by Fiona Jackson<br /><br />A ten-month-old baby has baffled the internet as he weighs a whopping 29 pounds.<br /><br />Atlas McHugh was born an average size but two months later had a huge growth spurt.<br /><br />Now the 31.5 inch-tall tot weighs so much that mum Nabille McHugh, 30, has to frequently switch sides when she holds him, and use her leg as support.<br /><br />She said: "Whenever anyone holds him, everyone has something to say about his size - whether it's their back hurts, or their arms cant handle it, it's always a comment. <br /><br />"Most non-family members comment on my 'toddle'" and are shocked when I tell them he is still an infant."<br /><br />Nabille posted her first video of him on TikTok to the song 'Big and Chunky' from Madagascar, which immediately went viral.<br /><br />The mum from Denver, Colorado, USA, now has over 87,000 followers, and a lot of questions.<br /><br />"Some of the questions I get are 'was he that big when he was born', 'are you ok?', 'what do you feed him?' and 'are you small or is he big?'" she said.<br /><br />Nabille found out she was pregnant with her second child with husband Tyler McHugh, 28, when she was only three weeks along.<br /><br />She said: "We were trying to get pregnant so I was testing religiously - I was stoked!<br /><br />"I immediately felt shivers down my spine and screamed.<br /><br />"My daughter really wanted a sibling and I couldn't wait to give her the news."<br /><br />Her pregnancy was relatively stress-free, and her bump remained a normal size even though Atlas was measuring two weeks ahead.<br /><br />Petite Nabille is just 5"1', weighed 135lb (61kg) before pregnancy, and had only gained 23lb (10.4kg) at full term.<br /><br />She went into labour on 11am and was rushed to Swedish Medical Center in Englewood to give birth.<br /><br />The initial plan was to give birth naturally, but she had to have a C-section due to her size - and Atlas'.<br /><br />Atlas was born on January 23 2021 at 12:34pm and weighed a healthy 7lbs 14oz.<br /><br />"I was in love when I first saw him!" said stay-at-home-mum Nabille.<br /><br />"His large stature definitely comes from dads side of the family, my side of the family is short, my husband's side is all six foot and up.<br /><br />"He was average size for a new born, but he kind of started hitting his growth spurt between two and four months and has been steadily growing since then."<br /><br />Atlas is drinking exclusively breast milk and guzzles about five times a day, but is slowly starting to move onto solids.<br /><br />"My daughter ate WAY more than he does," the mum-of-two said.<br /><br />"He’s heavy, but I make do with it because how can I NOT hold him! <br /><br />"I just have to switch sides and use my leg to prop him up most of the time.<br /><br />"Of course my back hurts but it’s worth it." <br /><br />He currently weighs 29 pounds and is 31.5 inches tall.<br /><br />His mum said: "Not going to lie, he grows out of his clothes way too fast!<br /><br />"He is currently in 24M clothes and this is the longest stretch we have gone with this size, but he was never in new born size.<br /><br />"The doctors have no concern as his weight and height are proportional on the growth chart, he is just bigger overall, but no weight issues whatsoever."<br /><br />After seeing another chunky tot on TikTok in July, Nabille was inspired to shown her own baby off in a video on her account @themchugh_family.<br /><br />She said: "It had the background song in Madagascar with Moto Moto, 'I like them big, I like them chunky', and I immediately jumped on the trend.<br /><br />"That was the video that first went viral."<br /><br />Atlas' video racked up over 600k views, and three months later his sophomore clip hit 4 million in just a couple of days.<br /><br />Nabille said: "Honestly I was scared, I woke up to so many notifications, friend requests, and emails all over my social media, <br /><br />"Seeing some of the comments was very overwhelming."<br /><br />While many comments were positive, or just concerned viewers asking "are you ok?", she was also plagued with trolls.<br /><br />She said: "Every now and then there's negative and nasty comments about my son or accusing me of bad parenting because of his size. <br /><br />"I get so many people telling me that I used a filter to make him look that big, I think that's just hilarious!"<br /><br />The tough mum knows to ignore or block the haters, and wants to continue showing off her gorgeous son, and four-year-old daughter Aria, to the world.<br /><br />She said: "I would just like to normalize bigger babies, big babies have always been around but social media hasn't.<br /><br />"Not because a baby is bigger or smaller than average means that they are automatically unhealthy or something is wrong with them. <br /><br />"Babies come in all shapes and sizes, I would know since I have two kids - one was tiny and one big."<br /><br />ENDS
