Shaune Nicholson was thrust into the limelight when he was born weighing 14lb 7oz last August.



He has turned out to be a handful for mum Amanda Ellerton and dad Robert Nicholson, and at just under 25lb is still almost 3lb heavier than the average baby for his age.

And measuring in at 2ft 6in he is also an inch taller.

Mum Amanda, 25, already predicts he is going to be walking tall when he is older. She said: "We think he will be over 6ft when he gets older."

Amanda said she thinks Shaune will follow in her younger brother 24-year-old Peter Ellerton's footsteps who is 6ft 1in.

His dad Robert is also 6ft 1in tall and their five-year-old son, Alex, recently clocked in at 4ft 3in tall, towering above his classmates.The bouncing baby is already measuring up to shoulder height with his sister, Amy, three.

Proud mum Amanda said he enjoys a bowl of spaghetti and has the odd fish finger for his dinner but mainly eats fruit and vegetables.

Amanda, of Willow Walk, said: "I don't give him fatty foods because he has his treats through the day."

Robert, 29, who is unemployed, added: "We try not to give him too much because we don't want him to get massively big."

But already Shaune's weight poses the odd practical problem.

Amanda said: "The only difficulty I have with him is bathing him because I can't put him in a baby bath. He is too big and I have had to put him in a big bath since he was two months old. I can't carry him long distances either."