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‘World’s strongest baby’ can stand on her own at EIGHT WEEKS – and was holding up her head before she even left hospital
A DAD has been left amazed after his baby daughter learned to stand at eight-weeks-old and she was holding up her head before she even left hospital.
Tezra Finn-Johnston, 31, and girlfriend Emily Derrick, 23, first noticed their daughter's extraordinary strength when they left hospital five days after birth.
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Lula was born on January 31 and weighed just 5lbs 9oz and was on the 5th percentile - weighing less than five per cent of other babies her age.
But her surprised parents say at that early stage she was able to support her own head.
Now at 15-weeks-old, Lula is also able to stand unassisted, supporting her own weight.
Tezra and his baby daughter have been watching strongman clips on Youtube and he joked that she was inspired by the videos.
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The first-time dad, from Bristol, said: "When she was about a month old, she was having a tantrum and I tried to sit her on my knee to calm her.
"Instead of sitting down, she just stood on my knee and wouldn't bend her legs.
"She did it a few more times later on in the weeks - eventually I thought well if she can do it while she's annoyed, maybe she can do it when she's happy.
"I tried to hold her and supported her, and she managed to take her own weight.
"Everyone seems to think that it's unusual that she can hold herself up, even just sitting, let alone standing.”
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Tezra said he asked his mum how he was like as a baby, and she told neither he nor his three siblings could hold their weight at that age.
He added: "From everything I'm reading, it should be about nine months to a year that they should be able to support their own weight.
"Pretty much from the day we left hospital she was able to support her head a little bit more than we thought she should be able to.
"She was holding it up for a few seconds and that shouldn't be for a few weeks, but pretty much straight away she was able to do that.”
He said how they watched the Babies documentary on Netflix and on there they said babies are inherently programmed to crawl from birth.
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Tezra continued: "So I put her down on the mat and she was trying to crawl a bit.
"Then I put my arm behind her and she was able to push herself up the mat - propelling herself from my hand with her legs.
"She can also do it lying on her front as well.
"We noticed that and she was able to do that first time, so that was impressive.
"I'm just assisting her in doing what she likes doing - the first time we did it, she smiled at me.
"It's like she's showing off - she looks at you and smiles, it's like she's trying to be a big girl!"
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Tezra is a big fan of strongman competitions, regularly watching videos from the likes of Eddie Hall - the World’s Strongest Man 2017 - on Youtube.
Tezra thinks another reason for her strength might be a good muscle-to-weight ratio, based on the fact she was a small baby at birth.
He also said he's always been able to build muscle quickly.
Tezra said: "When I was about 13, I started doing weight training and arm-wrestling - I was able to beat adults.
"Since then I just took up the weights. I just really enjoy being strong - not so much fit, but more the strength side of it.
"I've always been interested in lifting as heavy as I can.
When do babies typically start to stand up and walk?
According to , babies typically start to stand up while holding on to something for a few moments between seven months and a year old.
They may find it challenging and fall back down during this time.
Most babies walk on their own sometime between about 12 months and 17 months, but don't worry if you child takes a little longer, as each baby is different.
"Only recently, since they've had Youtube, I've started watching some of the strong men on their private channels.
"Lula sits on my knee and we both watch that, so I like to think she is training herself.”
Baby Lula isn't able to walk yet, but the parents are fearing her first step might be closer than they think.
Postwoman Emily said: "When I give her rattles and stuff to play with, she doesn't seem young enough to want them.
"She just seems a lot older than she actually is. I'm just like, 'oh don't grow up yet!'"
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