'Giant' Baby Born in Northern Mexico EFE
go to original August 22, 2013

Maria del Carmen Flores (behind) and her son Dilan Aram Hernandez Flores (front) rest onTuesday, Aug. 20, 2013, in their home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (EFE)

CIUDAD JUAREZ - A baby weighing 6.6 kilos (14.5 pounds) and measuring 62 centimeters (24.4 inches) long was born last week in this Mexican border metropolis.

Dilan Aram was born Aug. 14 at a hospital in Ciudad Juarez, according to municipal authorities, who along with his parents will seek to get the newborn included in the Guinness World Records.

The baby is the seventh child born into a low-income family, and so local authorities have gifted the parents with diapers, clothing, powdered milk and baby bottles, among other things. In addition, they offered the infant's unemployed father a job.

"We liked the help a lot. We are very thankful for it because, yes, we're a little in need," Cesar Hernandez, the boy's father, told Efe. Dilan is using clothing for a 6-month-old child and medium-size diapers.

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