They say the best things come in small packages but that wasn’t the case for this proud mother.

First-time parent Selina Russell knew she was expecting a heavy baby but when newborn son Taylor arrived weighing a whopping 10lb 15oz - much heavier than the national average birth weight of 7lb 8oz - she was a little surprised.

The 29-year-old from Ingress Park, Greenhithe, said: "I was a big baby myself. I weighed 10lb 5oz. When I was pregnant some people said me ‘Are you sure you’re not carrying twins?’. Luckily I didn’t buy any newborn clothes. He already fits into nought to three months."

Selina was induced a week early at Darent Valley Hospital after her pregnancy became increasingly uncomfortable.

After 15 hours of agonising labour midwives opted for a caesarean - much to mum and dad, Adam Simpson’s, relief.

She said: "When I was in labour I said to myself ‘I’m not doing this again’. In the end the hospital recommended a caesarean. I would have done anything to get him out. He was in the special care unit for a day while they tested for diabetes but he is fine. I am a very proud mum."

Baby Taylor Russell who was born in the early hours of Tuesday, July 7, has tipped the scales compared to other heavy babies born at the Darenth Wood Road hospital this year.

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According to world records, the largest baby ever to be born weighed a whopping 23lb 12oz.

Mother Anna Bates, who was 7ft 5.5in, gave birth to the baby boy at her home in Seville, Ohio, on January 19, 1879.

Sadly the baby died 11 hours later.