B.I.G.

I received an email from a reader of this blog yesterday.

 

She told me that her daughter was born 5 weeks ago, and was 10.5 lbs. TEN AND A HALF POUNDS!! That's a big babeh.

 

A friend here at work has a son who has just turned 2, and is 3 feet tall. THREE FEET!! That's a big toddler.

 

All of which is making me wonder if Alise and I severely underestimated the size of our child. We have bought a lot of clothes, ranging in sizes from 'newborn' to 18 months. We are fully aware that babies grow quickly, but now are worrying that he won't even get to wear some of these clothes. If our boy is over 10 pounds when he's born, he'll likely already be too big for the newborn stuff, how upsetting will that be?

 

Thankfully, we do know people who are having boys after us. Clothes will be passed along, possibly still with tags on. When he grows too big for his crib it will convert into a toddler bed and we'll get our money's worth out of that. The changing table will be storage for other things. We'll cope with his growth.

 

But still. Some babies are born big, some grow fast. What's the rush little ones? Do you have any idea how cute some of these clothes are? Don't you even care?