Ayesha Curry’s 10-month-old was fat shamed online—and she had a powerful response

Ayesha Curry has a beautiful family. Her girls, 6-year-old Riley and 3-year-old Ryan, are so smart and adorable and youngest, 10-month-old Canon, is a beautiful, growing baby boy.

He’s so cute it practically hurts to look at his sweet little face. So Curry was understandably shocked when an Instagram commenter suggested that Canon (again, he is 10 months old) should go on a diet.

Seriously.

The whole thing started when Curry posted a photo taken after her husband, NBA star Steph Curry, won the Western Conference finals with the Golden State Warriors. The group shot shows Curry holding Canon surrounded by friends and family. The problematic comments began when someone asked the mom of three if she was pregnant again.

That question is not cool. It’s not okay to comment on a woman’s body like that, even if she is in the public eye. Curry recently told Working Mother that she’s had times since becoming a mom when she’s been depressed about her body, and struggled with her reflection as she’s gone from being an NBA player’s wife to a successful woman who is landing magazine covers for her own work.

“I’m not thin; I’m 170 pounds on a good day. It’s been a journey for me, and that’s why I want my girls to understand who they are—and to love it.”

Despite this, Curry took the pregnancy speculation in stride, replying with “LOL” and stating she is absolutely not pregnant.

“My 30-lb. son is just breaking my back in every photo,” she wrote.

That’s when the comments about Canon came.

“30 at 10 months?? Sheesh,” wrote one user.

“30?!?!? He’s bigger than my 19-month-old nephew,” another commented.

“Maybe portion control his food a little bit,” replied another Instagram user in a comment that got Curry’s attention.

While she had responded to the inappropriate speculation about her own body with grace, she was not about to take baby body shaming and unsolicited parenting advice from an internet stranger.

“Excuse you? No. Just no,” she wrote.

No is right. It is never okay to presume a woman is pregnant and it is never okay to comment on a baby’s weight. Plus, Canon is adorable just the way he is!

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, every baby grows at their own rate, but usually by their first birthday, the average child triples their birth weight. What’s important isn’t measuring your child against any chart, but that they continue to grow at the same pace they set in the first eight months of their life, the AAP notes.

Many moms can relate to Curry’s situation here. People (sometimes well-meaning) seem to think it’s okay to comment on baby’s weight, but it absolutely isn’t. Every baby is different and growing at their own speed, and no one knows what is best for their baby like their mom and dad do so strangers on the internet or even relatives at a family dinner need to keep those comments to themselves.

No one should be judging Canon’s weight or Curry’s parenting. Canon is 30 pounds of cuteness and his mother knows exactly how and what to feed him.

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