Let’s Talk About Birthing Big: Super Tonio!

“Super Tonio” is the name given to a new baby boy born February 1st, weighing 14.5 pounds in Cancun, Mexico. The baby has caused a sensation, with crowds gathering at the windows of a maternity unit trying to get a peek at the baby who is at least twice the size of most of the others there. Antonio Vasconcelos was, of no surprise to this blogger, born via c-section at Cancun’s Jesus Kumate Rodriguez hospital. The hospital’s director reports that the baby is healthy, despite high blood sugar and a slight blood infection, both of which are under control. The … Continue reading

Super Baby

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Super Baby! Okay, he can’t fly and he doesn’t have x-ray vision, but he’s making headlines around the world nonetheless. “Super Tonio,” is the talk of Cancun, Mexico. Weighing in at a whopping 14.5 pounds, the big fella has put the popular Mexican resort city of Cancun in the records books. Visitors to the tropical vacation destination are leaving the sand and surf behind to stand outside a nursery ward window to catch a glance of Antonio Vasconcelos, who was born early Monday by Caesarean section. Nurses at the hospital where the massive … Continue reading