Sturdy

Natalia has apparently not yet got the memo informing her that we are a family of little people.  Even though she was born 10 - 14 days early depending on how you count, she weighed nearly 8 pounds and was in the 63rd percentile for weight.  The pediatric nurse practitioner who examined her the morning after she was born proclaimed her to be "sturdy" which was a kind way of saying my baby clearly resembled the Michelin man.

Her weight took a dip, and she was still not back to her birth weight at her two week checkup.  Thankfully, we have a wonderful pediatrician who assesses the entire situation, and she was not concerned once she factored in that Natalia had gained 5 ounces in the past 10 days, was not a first child so we knew what we were doing food wise, had grown an inch and a quarter in length since birth, and was REALLY active.  Even at two weeks old, Natalia was always moving when awake.  She's been lifting her head since the night she was born.  It's like she knows she has three older siblings to keep up with.

After the dip in weight at two weeks, we assumed she'd figured out that we were little, but so far she's proving us wrong.  By the time she was a month old, she had outgrown all of her newborn size clothes.  By last week she was wearing outfits Ree got for Christmas when she was four months old, and Natalia's feet no longer fit in her size 0 - 3 months sleepers.  Over the weekend I had to actually go shopping for her, and I bought her size 3 - 6 months sleepers.  I expected them to swallow her.  While there is still plenty of room width wise, they are about the right length.  This is weird!