She's Going to Love Solid Food

Amelia sat in a high chair for the first time Friday night and absolutely loved it. Granted, it helped that the tray had all kinds of fun toys and sounds but even without the tray, she was pleased as punch to be sitting up at the table with the adults. (Wait, it's hard to believe that I'm sitting at the "adult" table!)

Here's a picture. Is it just me or does she look older than 4 1/2 months?! She does have the weight and height of the average 8 month old, actually, so it I guess it makes sense. I actually have mixed feelings about her size. On one hand, I'm thrilled that she's thriving, especially after the early days of being told she wasn't gaining enough. Although we didn't really realize until after we started supplementing how serious her slow weight gain was (a doctor later referred to her bowl movements during this time as "starvation stool").

On the other hand, I feel kind of sad that she hasn't stayed a little baby that long and is now getting heavy to carry around. And when people see her, they always remark on how big she is. People on the street always guess her age to be much older (one man thought she was a year old!).

It's no big deal but there is a part of me that wishes she was still a little baby. Maybe I'm just sad to see her growing up so fast and deep down, I wish she's stay a smaller longer. I also worry a bit about people over the years expecting her to act a certain way because of her size (thinking she's older) and then thinking she's immature or delayed when she doesn't. I guess we all just want our babies to be perfect and to having people raise their eyebrows and say, "My, she's quite big, isn't she?" can sometimes sound like a criticism.

All I know for sure is that she's going to love eating solid food!

Amelia at 6 weeks:

Amelia at 4 1/2 months: