You might call newborn Ademilton a "big boy."

On Tuesday, January 18th, 2005, Francisca Ramos dos Santos, 38, gave birth to her son in Salvador. Ademilton weighed 16.7 pounds (7.57 kilograms) -- the size of typically two healthy babies.

Ademilton was the largest baby born at the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital in its 12-year history, the hospital said. He is also the biggest baby born in Brazil.

Ademilton "could truly be considered a giant baby, for he was born weighing what a six-month-old-baby normally weighs," pediatrician Luiz Sena Azul told the Correio da Bahia newspaper.

While both have diabetes, probably the cause of his large size, "mother and baby are doing just fine."

"Obviously the baby was born by Caesarean section," hospital director Rita Leal said.

Ademilton was born 1,450 kilometers 900 miles northeast of Sao Paulo, in the state of Bahia. He is seen above at the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital in Salvador.

Santos has four other children -- ages 9, 12, 14, and 15 -- who were born weighing between 7.7 pounds and 11 pounds.

"She knew Ademilton would be a big baby, but not this big" Leal said. "She, her husband and the hospital staff were caught by surprise."

The average weight for newborns in Brazil is 7.7 pounds for boys and 6.6 pounds for girls.

The heaviest baby born to a healthy mother, according to the Guinness Book of Records, was born in Italy in 1955 to Carmelina Fedele. Her baby weighed 22 lb. 8oz.

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Here's to healthy, adventuresome, soulful, "big boy" living!

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AP Photo Credit: Eleoi Correa, Agencia Estado