I’m sorry I have to say this… lazy saying “people even ask if she’s premature because they can’t believe how teeny she is.” Has RILED me!!
I’ve been blessed to never have experienced any of my babies being premature (they were either late or just under a week early) but I remember a mum in a toddler group I took my kids too (see Sarah, mums that actually take their babies and children to groups with other human beings!) and there was a lovely mum of twins there who had 15 month old twin boys. They looked the size of an average 4-5 month old at nearly a year and a half old. Never ONCE did I say “wow they’re so small they must be premature?” She always happily brought it up and I found her and her twins just inspirational and in turn it educated me on just how hard on babies it is to be born before term. I just find that so rude and unlikely for anyone to make that kind of comment. Lazy is the type of person who would shove a knitting needle up her clacker at 36 weeks gestation to ensure the baby came early!!!
She’s honestly at the point where she needs help with this. She reminds me of the film Shallow Hal, where he sees his girlfriend skinny yet everyone else sees a bafoon! Sarah, Mila isn’t tiny or even slightly “preemie” looking. Jace hasn’t got a small waist, Isabelle isn’t short, esme isn’t shorter than her average age peers, Isla isn’t iddy biddy! And let’s all be honest, the only reason Jace was such a skinny baby, was because you starved him Sarah! Every baby would look “tiny” if they were starved by their mothers!!!! It’s not because they were born small