Recessive genes are funny. I am one of five - no repeats in hair or eye color. Monsieur and I, both black haired, have a ginger.
They follow a grand tradition of kick-ass princesses. Like Princess Leia.
If you could concoct such a thing it would sell like hot cakes. Hot cakes I tell you!
See, people all talk about the delicious baby head smell... not universal when you first start out. My son smelled like sweat and milk for the first couple months back there. His head has only recently begun to get that "new baby" aroma.
looks about right to me. also: there is an enormous range of "normal" up to a year. right now my son is 5 months old and the same height as the average one year old and that's not as uncommon as you might think.
I have heard this from a few places, including kellymom.com, which tends to be a pretty good resource. [www.kellymom.com] I'm just really nervous about my supply taking a hit since I'm at work most of the week, away from my baby, and so I'm nervous about it not bouncing back ...
Good luck and please let me know how it goes! As my grandmother says, I'll be thinking sparkles around you!
Truthfully I've been nervous about taking the tip because I have heard that cabbage leaves can dry you up a bit, too. Any experience with this?
Seriously! I'm getting nervous because I'm going to a high school reunion tomorrow night and it will be the longest stretch I've been away from my five month old that I haven't pumped (I'm bringing the pump to the party just in case, but I hope I don't have to use it!)
My breasts are usually about the size of my head, so nursing boobs was getting into Jessica Rabbit territory. My husband was shocked/thrilled/scared. I had to work really hard to get Le Petit Comte to latch at first BECAUSE I was so engorged, s I feel your pain.
Whoa whoa whoa! You mean all guys don't all like the same thing?! What about the guy hive mind?
If my company refused to allow me someplace to pump, I would seriously consider not wearing breast pads so that my leaking was clearly visible until the situation improved.
Then, of course, I think logistically and realize how uncomfortable/how much pain I would be in if I did not pump for 8 hours. Seriously, folks, they turn into insane porn star tits. Lumpy, engorged porn star tits. That's not even taking into consideration actual medical issues that arise with not nursing/pumping sufficiently, like plugged (milk) ducts and mastitis.
My soul.
This makes me think about many top belly dancers in the Middle East. It is very, very common for performers who are on the brink of retirement to renounce wicked belly dancing and embrace Islam... enticed by the bank role of prominent conservative men. Hmmmm... *strokes beard thoughtfully*
HA! Oh jeez! Not kind! People don't think. I wasn't offended by this, but my son was at the doctor's the other day: at not quite 4 months old he was 27 inches long, which is just shy of the height of an average 12 month old. The nurse, in a good natured way said "Oh my goodness! There must be something wrong: this is a 1 year old!"
Thank you for saving me the YouTube search.
I wouldn't worry about genetic issues. It's higher than average, but it's still something like 2% risk.
I say this as a woman who was very, very happy with the Cesarean birth of her 8 lbs 4 oz son: in terms of size, it is pretty rare that your body will grow a baby that you cannot safely deliver vaginally (barring, of course, gestational diabetes). When the time comes, chat it up with your doc, but size alone needn't scare you off. (Though, as I said, I really dug my unplanned c-section. It was a great birth experience and I found recovery, personally, to be a cake walk.)
Yes and no, to answer your questions (she posted something in the comments about this the other day).
You should give your mom presents on your birthday... ;-) Yipes!
