Little linebacker?
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.
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.
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 ) in for a whopper of a kid.
“What’s huge?” I asked. “How much do you think she’ll weigh?”
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.
So, what do you think?
June 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I think she’ll weigh 8lbs 2oz. And thank you, I’ve never been called a rock star before.