Large Babies

While I was visiting my friend out in the village, a father points to his 1 1/2 year old daughter and says, "American babies are this big when they are born, right." Not quite, they're pretty much the same size as Lao babies, maybe a little bitter. 

A few hours later, a cousin pointed to her 5 year old son and asked me if he was the same size as a 2 year old in the States. What?! I am not that much bigger than all of them! They make me feel like I'm twice their size! Some of the teeny old grandmas, probably yes I am, but not all of them. But they are pretty serious when they ask me if American babies are 25 pounds when they're born.