Thursday, December 18, 2008

Backhanded Compliment

The other day, someone said to me, "I hope you're not losing too much weight. You look thinner than you did before you got pregnant!"

Which I am. I weigh about 10 pounds less than I did at my wedding -- weight which I was beginning to lose after we got back from our honeymoon, until I found out there was a little man on the way. So I mentioned this.

"Oh okay. I'm just glad you're not sick or something."

Um, thanks?

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In other weight news, John has finally broken 16 pounds. He is off the CDC chart (below 5th percentile) but on the WHO chart (at just above 3rd percentile). I'm just glad we're seeing progress again after he was sick for so long. I try not to worry too much about his weight, he is active and developmentally on or ahead of schedule... I guess it is a side-effect from our last pediatrician. I'll be interested to see what our new one says at his 9 month visit.