Mother gives birth to supersize baby girl
Weighing in at nearly a stone, Delaney Jessica Buzzell isn’t your average newborn. Her parents have even dubbed her the “Big Enchilada”.
The 13lb 12oz baby headed home to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after being delivered by Caesarean section on June 23 – a surprising three weeks early.
Her family is not quite sure what to make of her weight. The father is 6ft 2ins and the mother 5ft 7in, and nurse Judy Nadolski described them as “regular-sized”.
“We’re pretty normal,” 34-year-old Paul Buzzell.
Nadolski said carrying the baby in her arms was like holding a four or five-month-old infant. The nappies and baby T-shirts also were a little on the snug side.
“It was ready for a steak,” the nurse said. “It had quite an appetite.”
This isn’t the first supersized baby for Paul and Robin Buzzell, from suburban Mequon.
Their now four-year-old daughter, Cameron, was born weighing 11lbs 8oz and their second child, Alexis, now two, weighed in at 10lbs 8oz when she was born.
When Cameron was born, Paul Buzzell said he posted a sign on the door that said: “Home of the Whopper”. When their second child was born, Buzzell put up a sign describing her as “Whopper Jr.”
Now, with the birth of the “Big Enchilada”, the Buzzells say their family is complete.
“This will be the last one,” Paul Buzzell said.
The child weighs near double the average newborn. And according to the National Centre for Health Statistics, less than 1% of US babies weigh more than 11lbs at birth.
