Last night, GTB and I went to visit some friends who had their first baby on May 23. She is adorable, and tiny. She weighed exactly 7 pounds when she was born and being only a week old, she isn’t much bigger than that now. <\/p>\n
As we drove home, GTB kept talking about how little she is. Despite my assurances that she is perfectly average size for a newborn, he remained in a state of awe over her petiteness. This, of course, prompted a conversation about how big he thinks the Blueberry will be. “Huge,” was his response, if I recall correctly.<\/p>\n
A little background: GTB and I were both large newborns. I weighed 10 pounds 12 ounces (and yes, my mother did it completely drug free, because she’s a rock star) and he weighed over 9 pounds. So, if that sort of thing is herditary, we’re (or I should say I’m<\/em> ) in for a whopper of a kid.<\/p>\n “What’s huge?” I asked. “How much do you think she’ll weigh?”<\/p>\n And so commenced our latest bet. $50 rides on whether she’ll be more or less than 9 pounds. Bigger than a breadbasket nets GTB a cool fifty bucks. Less heft means I win.<\/p>\n So, what do you think? <\/p>\n