Complete Article on Charlie
Posted on 03/06/2005 2:38:21 AM PST by beaversmom
THIS is not so little Charlie Stokes, who was born weighing 15lb 2oz... Britain's biggest baby for 13 years.
And not content with breaking one record, the tot is also believed to be the country's tallest newborn at 27 inches.
Mum Joanne gave birth to Charlie naturally after an eight-hour labour.
She said: "It was pretty horrific to say the least.
"I knew he would be large but not 15lb. It was a shock when he came out. I hadn't braced myself."
Healthy 15-day-old Charlie, of Caine, Wilts, is two and a half times the normal birth size and is already wearing clothes for a six-month-old.
He dwarfs baby Joseph Griffin, of Wallasey, Merseyside, who hit the headlines this week after being born at 13lb 3oz.
Joanne, 26 and IT consultant husband, 31, Robert have an 18-month-old daughter Lilian who weighed 12lb at birth.
Charlie was born at Bath's Royal United Hospital on February 16.
He is the heaviest baby since 15lb 8oz Guy Carr's 1992 birth in Cumbria.
Joanne has written to the Guinness Book of World Records to see if her son is the tallest-ever newborn in the UK.
A spokesman said: "There is no current record for the longest newborn but we'll consider an application."
I don't know nothin' about birthin' no Michael Moore babies...
Post the pic when you get it.
I bet this kid is out lookin' for a part time job already.
Ah, what a cute "little" guy. I'd like to see a photo of him next to a regular sized newborn.
Kid Kong?
In fairness, is that ANY way to refer to a newborn infant?
On a site like FR, where we encourage births and are anti-abortion, referring to an infant child as a gorilla is offensive.
That's an adorable pic. :-)
I hope you're not serious or are you just trying to find something to be offended about? I refer to my little guy as a little monkey all the time.
I don't think it's a bit funny, to be honest.
BTW, you calling your child 'the little monkey'..is not quite the same as being plastered across a national newspaper and being put up on websides as 'Kid Kong' - a play on words of a gorilla.
If it was my child, I wouldn't like it.
Well, the mother can write to the newspaper if she's offended.
While you will continue to refer to a beautiful infant as 'Kid Kong'.
Whatever floats yer boat. I find it very distasteful.
If you scan down I also referred to him as a cute little guy. I think there's more important things in this world to get worked up about--but whatever floats yer boat back at ya.
WOW!
Is your 'name' an attempt at sarcasm?
Life is way too short to take offense where none is meant - particularly by a total stranger posting on the internet!
Truth is, most babies look like little red faced dwarfs. Kid Kong is reasonably polite.
No.
And no, I don't see infants that way, at all.
Tell the truth - you were my teacher in the third grade, weren't you!
You didn't smile much back then, either...
But since that was '66, and you were about a hundred and twenty years old back then, you would be...let's see...math in public...never was none to good at this...where's the calculator on this darn computer...
I don't find it funny.
What do you find hard to understand about that?
You want me to ask JimRob to change a username I've had for four years?
I don't find mocking infant children funny.
You can if you like. I'm sure it floats your boat.
Before you indict Happygal unfairly, checkout her homepage..she rocks....and has a great sense of humor..and a great passion for Harp
Lady, if you DON'T get a name change, someone might sue you for false advertising.
If you aren't my third grade teacher mummified, are you my ex?
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