It's taken me a while to write about this. I've talked with lots of people about it and received mixed feedback. I myself go back and forth between what the right thing to do about it is. So today I'm going to post some of my thoughts and opinions (many of which may change in my mind in a couple of hours) so bear with me.
Oliver is small. Very small. He is in the zero percentile for weight for his age. It was shocking to me, and the news of it stung and took the wind out of me for a couple minutes.
I've spent many fitful nights awake worrying about it, and a couple tearful days. It gets exhausting to hear people wonder if I am starving my baby. For people to assume I'm not meeting his needs is incredibly disappointing for me. If you look at him, he is a happy baby. Always seems satisfied, smiling, active, and hitting all his milestones early. He is incredibly strong, but he is a really slender little guy. In my heart I feel like he is okay but everywhere I go from strangers to family I hear, "he is so tiny."
Yeah, I know.
I need to find some positive in this before I go crazy. So, while I spend the rest of the day trying to force feed Oliver to fatten him up, here are a few thoughts on the advantages of having a pixie baby:
1. Easier to cart around.
2. Gets a lot of use out of size 3month clothing
3. Seeing the shock value for people who ask how old he is.
4. Less backaches for me and my husband.
5. Possible future as a runway model.
6. Great abs
7. Only needs a 1/4 shot of tequila to get totally wasted.
8. When people think I only had a baby a month ago and look fantastic, I don't correct them.
4 comments:
you are right Kerri.. He looks like a healthy happy baby, and that is all that matters. Some babies are just small but it's OK. If you are really worried about it just ask your doctor, or you can start feeding him other stuff.
Oh Ker, now I feel so bad about saying he is little. He is Great! He looks healthy, he responds fine, and if he is hitting all his milestones then DON'T WORRY! He's old enough that you can start giving him other foods if you are concerned, but I don't think that kid needs formula. Small and mighty is right, I couldn't believe how strong he was for such a little guy.
(just a sidenote, I didn't like giving my kids rice cereal because I think is is gross, so I ground up oatmeal in my blender, it lasts forever because they only eat like a tsp at first)
Jen-
I PROMISE this little venting blog had nothing to do with you calling him little! Just venting about the general public ;)
Thanks for the oatmeal tip. I'll give it a shot.
Kerri! Noah is really slender too...he is a tall guy, but he is slender. O is adorable and is obviously a happy baby! It might run in the Kuykendall genes (however, I didn't receive this "slender gene" pumph! but it must be out there). And with his handsome good looks he'll be working that runway in no time ;)
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