Everyone thinks their baby is extra special, but Sara Brandon’s baby boy wins … at least technically. He’s the biggest child born in the U.S. all year!
The boy weighed in at a whopping 14 pounds – double the weight of your average newborn – and arrived a week and a half before his due date, no less.
So was Joel Brandon Jr. born via C-section or naturally?
The former. Sara had a scheduled C-section at 38 1/2 weeks, at which point she knew her son was big. An ultrasound estimated he would be around 11 pounds.
Give or take three?
The 2013 record-setting baby boy landed in the NICU because of respiratory problems, but a week later, he was released and is in perfect health.
And straight into size 2 diapers.
As a four-month-old, he’s up to 23 pounds … good enough for the "150th percentile" for height and weight based on how he compares to normal charts.
The year’s previous "biggest baby" title holder was a little girl in Pennsylvania, born in July at 13 pounds, 12 ounces, just a shade under Joel’s weight.
14 is the new 13?