Your body goes through exactly the same process of labour regardless of your baby's size. In fact, the size of your baby has no influence whatsoever on the first stage of labour.

Babies can get too fat. Excess weight gain can still be a concern for babies. Experts at Harvard University note that babies that gain too much weight in their first 2 years can have a higher risk or health problems in their childhood and even adult years.You can use the charts to track your child's growth trend and to compare your baby's growth with that of other infants of the same sex and age. According to the World Health Organization growth charts, a baby with a weight-for-length greater than the 98th percentile is considered to have a high weight for length.

The new study did find that children can move between weight categories during their early years: Some of the chubbiest 9-month-olds returned to a normal weight before their second birthdays, while some from the healthy weight category moved up to a heftier weight class. An overweight baby is one with a weight gain far out of proportion to height gain. An overweight baby looks fat. Such a baby is not necessarily a healthy one. The infants who continue to be overweight as children and adults usually have parents, siblings, or grandparents who are overweight.

Studies have also shown that bigger parents have bigger babies, which in turn end up as bigger adults. (Parents who were born heavy themselves are also more likely to have large babies.) This should come as no surprise: Children inherit their parents' body types both via genetics and shared experience.

Newborns come in a range of healthy sizes. Most babies born between 37 and 40 weeks weigh somewhere between 5 pounds, 8 ounces (2,500 grams) and 8 pounds, 13 ounces (4,000 grams). Newborns who are lighter or heavier than the average baby are usually fine. BMI is a measurement of someone's body fat based on his or her height and weight. A child at a normal or healthy weight should fall between the 5th and 85th percentiles for children of the same age and gender. If your kid's BMI is at or above the 85th percentile, then he or she is overweight.

Good sleep is less related to your baby's size or body weight than to the maturity of his central nervous system, in other words, his brain. Every baby's sleep patterns are unique. While a large baby may not become an overweight child, a child who is obese often remains obese as an adult. To keep your baby at a healthy weight: Monitor your weight gain during pregnancy.

Chubby cheeks: Your baby has a high concentration of fat in their cheek. This concentration peaks when the child reaches nine months. This fat makes your baby not only super cute, but also keeps their face warm while they are still so vulnerable. This is a point of attraction to most humans. 

According to Livestrong.com, "Infants need extra fat stores until they are about 2 years old and much of this fat is stored in the legs and thighs." Because an infant's diet is mostly made up of milk, which is high in fat, they often get that wonderful chub on their legs. Does it take longer for fat babies to crawl and walk? Surprisingly, no. There are fat babies that crawl and walk early, which sometimes makes them lose some of that fat. There are thin babies that sit there like a lump on a log for the longest time.

Baby bodies come in all different shapes, same as adult ones. You could have an ectomorphic baby (long and lean) or an endomorphic one (chubby.)

Unless there is a physical problem, you do not have to worry about any girl or boy being fat as long as they are eating a decent, healthy diet and getting lots of exercise. Please never tell a child that they are fat. Instead, change your family’s diet to be healthier and get the whole family outside and moving. It will be good for all of you.