JAKARTA , Indonesia ( CNN ) -- A baby made his way into the world this week in Indonesia at 19.2 pounds ( 8.7 kg ) -- about three times the weight of an average newborn . The giant baby lies next to a more typically-sized newborn . Muhammad Akbar Risuddin , born Monday , is thought to be the heaviest baby born to date in Indonesia . `` I was very surprised . I thought it was twins , '' said Binsar Sitanggang , the lead doctor in the cesarean-section delivery at Abdul Manan Hospital in North Sumatra . `` It needed a longer time than normal to deliver this baby , '' Sitanggang said . `` He was hardly breathing when we took him out . But , thank God , he is healthy . '' His parents , Hananuddin and Ani , who like many Indonesians use only one name , have two other children . Both were big at birth but were not abnormally large . Their new addition is 24.4 inches ( 62 cm ) long . `` We can compare this giant baby with a 9- to 10-month-old baby , '' Sitanggang said . `` Both his parents are tall and big , so there might be a genetic cause for this . '' Sitanggang said the baby has already developed a robust appetite , requiring instant milk as well as breast milk . The boy has become somewhat of a celebrity . Curious people streamed into the hospital Friday for a glimpse . Even the mayor came by and had the honor of naming the infant after himself . The world 's heaviest baby was born in 1879 in Ohio and weighed 23.8 pounds ( 10.8 kg ) , but the baby died 11 hours later , according to Guinness World Records . The heaviest baby to survive was a boy born in 1955 in Aversa , Italy . He weighed 22.6 pounds ( 10.2 kg ) .
Baby weighing 19.2 pounds ( 8.7 kg ) born in Indonesia . Baby is three times the typical size of a newborn infant . Doctor who delivered baby : `` I was very surprised . I thought it was twins ''