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Karan Singh is just like any other
five-year-old- except for the fact that he is 5 feet 7 inches tall! When he was
born, he was 15 pounds- the usual1of
a newborn baby is about half of this, and he was four inches taller than the
usual baby.2his
height and weight at birth, his father Sanjay thought there might be something
wrong with him, but doctors found he was3and really fine.
Before he could walk or talk, Karan was made
into The Guinness Book of World Records in 2008 as the tallest and heaviest
newborn baby. Karan clearly4his
mother, Shweatlana, who is 7 feet 3 inches tall and one of the5women in South Asia! Sanjay is also quite
tall at 6 feet 7 inches.
Being so tall isn't always a great thing for
Karan and his6.
Karan used to get bullied about his height, but he doesn't anymore. "But
they all say that I am cheating when we7 basketball,"
Karan said.
Shweatlana also had trouble finding diapers
that fit him when he was8and
still has trouble finding children's clothes for him sometimes. "Now I
just buy him adult size9.
They fit him perfectly well," she said.
She is also10about her health and that her son might
have the same condition she has. "I used to get about 1.5 inches of height
every year because of too much growth hormone. I sometimes feel afraid that my
son has the same disease as I have. But I know he is doing well and he will
grow up to be a nice and healthy person."
