Putting it in Perspective

The end of February, right after Eli had his surgery to have tubes placed in his ears (yay!), he had his 9 Month Well Appointment. He was actually a couple days away from 10 months. After they weighed him, they told me he's dropped in the percentiles and is barely in the 15th percentile now. He's always been tiny (as many of you may recall from my bedrest days) but was gradually catching up. I had actually been thinking just the week before that he was starting to look a little chunky. I guess I was way off. Anyway, they told us to pump the carbs, which shouldn't be too hard now that he's eating table food. Still toothless, but those gums can do a number on a grilled cheese sandwich!

I guess when I really think about it, I've always known he's small - he's 10 1/2 months and he can still wear a lot of his 3-6 month shirts and pants. But he seems big - or at least normal - to me, especially when I remember how tiny he was at birth. So I thought I'd put things in perspective and compare my two little men.

Shiloh:
Birth: 8 lb. 1 oz.
6 Months: 19 lb.
Crawling: 6 months
First tooth: 8 months
Standing alone: 9 months
Walking: 10 1/2 months

Eli:
Birth: 5 lb. 12 oz.
6 Months: not sure, but at 10 months, 18 lb. 1 oz. Not even caught up to Shi's 6 month weigh in!
Crawling: 9 1/2 months
First tooth: still nothing!
Standing alone: nope
Walking: nada, but his aunties think he's going to surprise us all!

Shiloh never ever really had that "newborn" feel. He was practically a toddler when he came out. He was always in like the 95th percentile for size, and usually ahead when it came to motor skills. Eli will be a year old in a month and a half, and he still seems like my little baby boy. Maybe because he's my 2nd? I don't know, but either way, they're both growing up way too fast...

Shiloh @ 10 1/2 months


Eli @ 10 1/2 months