So Eli turned 1 month old last week and we celebrated with cupcakes from Hey Cupcake! Eli couldn't partake in the deliciousness, but I'm sure he got a taste of later through nursing. Which reminds me . . . Kelvey keeps talking about how all the baby books say that if the mother eats gassy food then the baby will be gassy as well. I'm not exactly sure how the miracle of milk production works, but I find this hard to believe. Even if it is true, at least Eli will be well adjusted to the effects of cheese enchiladas and queso by the time he turns a year old. Have I mentioned how much Kelvey loves cheese? Anywho, Eli is steadily packing on the pounds and stretching out as he gets older. We measured him yesterday while he was on the changing table and he was a whopping 22". That's 2" longer than when he was first born! He has gotten so big that he is actually hitting the walls of his bassinet when he flails. I also tried to weigh him on our scale and he came in at roughly 10.5 lbs. I had to do the old weigh-us-both-then-subtract-my-weight trick so it is only a rough estimate. We won't get an accurate weight until his next doctor's visit on Sept. 1st, and we are anxious to see what percentile for size and weight he will be in. The extra pounds are showing, though, because he is starting to get a few extra creases in his once slender legs. We have been doing deep-knee bends and the Jane Fonda workout so hopefully we can curb some of the chubbiness!
When Aaron was a baby, his little arms and legs looked like swollen sausages. Complete strangers would stop and pinch his chubby cheeks. Now he eats like my dog, a chocolate lab puppy, and doesn't gain an ounce. He thinks it's the Oeser genes; I think it was the yummy breast milk he got. Way to go, Kelvey!
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