Chubby baby dubbed ‘Big Enchilada’ weighs 13lb 12oz at premature birth

WEIGHING in at 13 pounds, 12 ounces, Delaney Jessica Buzzell isn’t your average newborn. Her parents have even dubbed her the “Big Enchilada”.

The baby was being delivered by Caesarean section on June 23 - a surprising three weeks early.

Her family isn’t quite sure what to make of her weight. The father is 6ft 2in and the mother is 5ft 7in, and nurse Judy Nadolski described them as “regular-sized”.

Ms Nadolski said carrying the baby in her arms was like holding a four- or five-month-old infant. The diapers and baby shirts also were a little on the snug side. “It was ready for a steak,” the nurse said. “It had quite an appetite.”

This isn’t the first supersized baby for Paul and Robin Buzzell, from suburban Mequon. Their now four-year-old daughter, Cameron, was born weighing 11 pounds, eight ounces, and their second child, Alexis, now two years old, weighed in at 10 pounds, eight ounces when she was born.

When Cameron was born, Paul Buzzell said he posted a sign on the door that said “Home of the Whopper.” When their second child was born, Buzzell put up a sign describing her as “Whopper Jnr.”

With the birth of the “Big Enchilada”, Paul Buzzell says their family is now complete.

The child weighs near double the average newborn.

And according to the National Centre for Health Statistics, less than 1% of babies weigh more than 11 pounds at birth.