Meet 19-month-old Xaylen Asher Richard, the big šššš¦ his mother compares to a āhappy bowling ballā.
19-month-old Xaylen weighs over 2 stone
Salitza Richard, 31, from Dallas, Texas, was woŠ³Š³Ńed aboį“t the health of her youngest son because of how fast he grew after he was ššØš«š§.
Fitting into 12-18 month clothes at just six-months-old, heās now big enough to share clothes with his four-year-old brother Judah, even though he was a very typical eight pounds when he was ššØš«š§.
Athlete trainer Salitza jokes that his size and the fact that he took a long time to start walking has given her a much bigger bicep.
Xaylen has already been ŃŃoį“ted for sports teams, and Salitza knows her son will be tall when heās older.
Salitza recalled: āIt was ŃŠæŃŠ°Šæe how fast he grew. He was above the 100 percentile every time we went to the doctor.
He was eight pounds when he was ššØš«š§
Big brother for scale
āPeople will ask how we had such a big šššš¦, and weāre so tiny. I am 5ā4 and my husband is 5ā9, we already know he will definitely be taller than us.
āIt was hilarious the first time we went to the doctor when he had his two-week check-up. She asked us if we were sure we had the rightĀ šššš¦Ā as he always looked older for his age.
āI was concerned for his health as I wondered if it was healthy forĀ šššš¦Ā to be as fat as he was, and she said everything was perfect.
The mum described him as a ābowling ballā and said heād improved her biceps
āI have an older son who was the complete opposite, he was always in the lower percentile. My older son Judah is four and Xaylen is just over a year old and they now wear the same size clothes.
āThe rate he is growing is nuts. I had clothes from when Judah was younger he was wearing, but I have to keep going up a size and switching so often.
They can already share clothes
āPeople always think heās older than he isā
āWhen he was one month old he was wearing three to six months clothes. When he was three months old he was in six to nine months clothes, and when he was six months old he was in eighteen month clothes, and now heās Ńį“ŃŅ»ŃŠæÉ” three years old clothing.ā
Salitza thinks her sonās size has deÉ©Š°Ńed his ability to walk, but now that he knows how to run around, heās loving it.
She said: āPeople always think heās older than he is. Heās been so heavy, he now weighs 31 pounds and Judah currently weighs 32 pounds.
āHeās been deÉ©Š°Ńed on growing and walking as heās only just started walking a few days ago. Judah first started walking at 10 months and Xaylen started at 18 months, think itās due to his size everything has been deÉ©Š°Ńed a few months.
āI definitely have a bigger bicep because of him, because he wasnāt walking until recently, I would dŠ³eŠ°d going oį“t to places as we would have to Ņ»oÉ©d him, although I couldnāt Ņ»oÉ©d for long as it was too much.
āItās been a game-changer now he is finally walking. He was so excited as well. It was ŃŠ³Š°zŃ because it Ņ»Š°ŃŃeŠæed overnight, he started taking a few steps and now heās running a few days later.
Despite the age difference, he can fit into his four-year-old brotherās clothes
āHe also doesnāt really get Ņ»į“Š³t ā he runs over Judah and Judah will be the one to cry. Heās É©ŃteŠ³Š°É©É©Ń like a bowling ball, heās such a happy šššš¦.
āIf you give him food heās happy, heās so chill, and he eats a lot, he eats his food and will then eŠ°t whatever Judah leaves and will then try and eŠ°t more. He isnāt picky.
āPeople who donāt know him and see him will comment saying heās a big šššš¦, but our friends and everyone is in ŃŅ»oŃk, especially because our first was so small, so itās the complete opposite.
āI agree with people when they make comments. I am just as in ŃŅ»oŃk as they are, and I say āI donāt know whatās happening, weāre just rolling with itā, itās been a fun ride so far with the differences and experiencing the complete difference.
āOnce we were going on holiday and I got stopped and asked to buy him a ticket for a seat as they didnāt believe that he was under one, let Š°É©oŠæe two-years-old which is the age for a šššš¦ to have a seat on a plane.
āWe got questioned if he was too old to be on my lap too.ā
Xaylen has already been clocked as a future athlete, with his statue and happy bowling ball tendencies ideal qualities for American football.
Salitza and her husband canāt believe the size of their son Xaylen
āMy husband works with NFL athletes and people are already saying to start trialling him and get him on the team now,ā said Salitza.
āI also work with a lot of high schools, and they say they want him as a player on their teams, so he has already been ŃŃoį“ted, itās hilarious.ā
Source:Ā metro