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Posted in Uncategorized | August 27th, 2011

Why is my newborn sooo physically strong?

Please don’t laugh at my question. Im a new Mom. My baby is just 4 days old. He is so strong!. I could barely feed him or change him without him pushing, pulling, kicking me. Its really cute but his strength is of a 3 or 4 year old. Yes…this is a sign of health. He got a 9 on the Agpar score three times after birth. Both me and my Hubby are robust and athletic people. I just have never seen a Newborn this damn strong. Was your Baby this strong or more relaxed?

My son was born at 37 weeks.. So when he came out at 5 lbs 13 ounces we were surprised to find him to be sooooo strong… He too was holding his head up at 2 days old, giving the nurses hell if they removed him from my room (he had to stay in my room as he wouldn’t stop screaming until he was back in the same room as me)… He was also the center of attention with all the nurses, they said they loved his blonde hair and they were challenging eachother to be the one to swaddle him tight enough that he couldn’t get out within 2 minutes… Yes he got out of every swaddle no matter how tight… He would push out with his arms and feet at the same time until it unraveled…

Being strong helped him hit milestones earlier and faster… He started scooting at 5 months and walking at 10 1/2 months… He climbs, dances, runs, jumps, sword fights with daddy… He is now 19 months so most of these things aren’t unusual for his age bit he started doing these just after a year old…

But a bit of warning… Strong babies are also strong willed!!!!! He is a good toddler compared to a lot I see but when he doesn’t want to do something-like sleep in his crib… He screams for hours!!!! I mean hours!!!!

He says 50+ words which is double the number they look for at this age and he is starting to put them together into sentances… He’s always been very healthy, one or two colds, no ear infections…

Congrats on a strong and healthy baby… Good luck!!!