Meet the world’s tallest 5-year-old boy: he’s 5ft 7in and STILL growing

Meet the world’s tallest 5-year-old boy: he’s 5ft 7in and STILL growing

Mangalore Today News Network

Sep 20, 2014: Karan Singh stands at an imposing 5ft 7in tall despite being just five years old.

The giant infant made it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008 for being the tallest and heaviest baby.

And since then the Indian boy’s incredible growth spurt has shown no signs of slowing down.

According to his father Sanjay, Karan was born weighing a whopping 7k (15.4lbs) and measuring over 2ft (63cm).


Karan might be tall but he’s just wants to be a normal 5-year-old with his pals 

 

Karan is head and shoulders above the rest

The 35-year-old said: "When he was born, he was unusually tall and heavy. We thought that he might be suffering from some kind of medical condition. But the doctors said he was healthy and fine.

The height and weight even shocked some doctors. Then Guinness recognised Karan as the heaviest and the tallest baby born."

And it seems that the secret to Karan’s immense height lies in his genes.

His father Sanjay is 6ft 7in tall while his mother Shweatlana Singh, 26, towers over her neighbours at 7ft 3in.

At one point she was crowned India’s tallest women and continues to be known as one of the tallest women in South Asia.

Sanjay added: "We are a tall family. If I go somewhere, I find myself to be the tallest person in the gathering. But when I come home, I am dwarfed in presence of my wife.

Karan wants to be a basketball player and something tells ushe’ll achieve that Hide

Karan takes a walk with his tall mother Shweatlana Singh who is 7ft 2in

Karan enjoys all the attention that he gets in his neighbourhood in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

"I don’t get bullied by anyone here. But they all say that I am cheating when we play basketball or cricket," said Karan, who will celebrate his sixth birthday in November.

"I am bigger than them all."

Karan, who goes to a primary school, wants to become a professional basketball player when he grows up - and has an able coach in his mother.

Shweatlana works as a basketball coach in local schools and even played the game at the national level.

But incredibly, she continues to gain height - and is concerned it could harm her health and have an impact on Karan in the future.


"Maybe a couple of years on, my son will also make me feel like a dwarf."

His friends looks up to him - literally

She said: "I gain around 1.5 inches of height every couple of years. This is due to excess growth hormone.

"I sometimes fear that this might even have consequences for Karan. But I know he is doing fine and he will grow up to be a nice and healthy person."

And she acknowledges that raising a child who is unusually tall has been hard.

Shweatlana said: "It is always tough. The hardest part is finding the clothes that fit him. When he was baby, kids stores would never have his size of diapers. Thank God, we are beyond that stage.

"Now, I just buy him adult size garments. They fit him perfectly well."

 

Courtesy: mirror.com