She Ain’t Heavy

Posted on July 5, 2008
Filed Under Daily Maybe Photo, terrible twos, worst.mummy.in.history. |

Isobel was born on her due date weighing 2910 grams. That’s like, exactly 6 pounds, 6.6 ounces. (Yeah, the meaning wasn’t lost on us, either, especially since she had some redness in her hair and was conceived on Hallowe’en.) I jokingly thanked prenatal smoking for a small baby, since, well, she tore me a new one; I can’t imagine the damage that could have been done if she’d been a pound bigger. I won’t.

Then, she was a slow weight gainer. You know how some kids double their birth weight in like, a month? It took her four. At five months, New Years, she was finally wearing 3 month sizes. At a year? She wore 6-9 months. At 18 months, she finally was in all 12 months and I could chuck out the 9 month tees. And recently, we’ve been blessed with a very large amount of 18-24 month clothes and size twos. And most of the 18 month clothes were stained beyond recognition.

So we’re using what’s not going to have an obvious place in the ‘too big box.’

Keeping in mind that she’s going to be two on the 25th of this month…here’s what 18-24 months pants look like in Isobel land:

Yes, those are capris. And you get five coolness points if you know which movie she’s watching.

Probably just as moody:

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15 Responses to “She Ain’t Heavy”

  1. Latte Mommy on July 5th, 2008 11:10 pm

    Not a clue on the movie (I’m sooooo not up on these things, I suck). However, that plumber butt looks very familiar. I see a lot of it on my 3.5 year old, just ask Mr. Lady, who spent most of Tuesday laughing at the Princess’ “Boyz in the Hood” look.

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  2. Rightmyer Rants on July 6th, 2008 4:51 am

    Too Cute!

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  3. Maria on July 6th, 2008 6:45 am

    She’s so adorable! Devil child or not.

    Ari didn’t double her birth weight for over a year. She’s now 2 1/2 and wearing 18-24 but they fit! LOL

    Poor Isobel. She looks like if she ran she’d trip and fall over herself!

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  4. Alison on July 6th, 2008 8:02 am

    Adorable!

    My three year old is still wearing 24 months pants. Shorts look like clam diggers on him! He lost 15 pounds this past winter when he was in the hospital and we couldn’t keep a pair of pants on him!!

    Is that the Rugrats movie?

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  5. Eve Grey on July 6th, 2008 8:16 am

    My poor guy runs around always with one hand on his pants so they don’t fall down. He and his brother share clothes and bro is a bit bigger. in the waist. Occupational hazard of twinship.

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  6. MomBabe on July 6th, 2008 10:41 am

    see, and my 2 month preemie weighed 7 lbs 5 oz…. And now she’s 13 months and wears size 2T…. what can I say, we’re giants.

  7. Sarah on July 6th, 2008 10:42 am

    It’s a shot of Chuckie’s shoes, isn’t it? That makes it *gags because she might know what it is* Rugrats?

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  8. A Whole Lot of Nothing on July 6th, 2008 1:37 pm

    My girls have been in the 3rd-5th %ile since birth, so we get lots of weird looks and weird questions like, “Is she OK?” (yeah, seriously)

    I tell people I did crack when I was pregnant so I’d have a skinny baby. THAT gets lots of weird looks.

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  9. Tara R. on July 6th, 2008 1:46 pm

    Don’t worry about her being petite. She’s growing, she’s thriving and she’s adorable.

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  10. Mrs. Kitty on July 6th, 2008 3:45 pm

    I was still in newborn clothes at 7 months old. No joke. I’m sure she will be fine.

    I can’t name the movie, but I think that’s Elmo on her hiney. Does that count? lol

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  11. Ashley on July 6th, 2008 11:33 pm

    aww. She is tiny! L ’s capris all look like pants too! lol
    The good new is…when she’s like 20 something, she can probably still wear juniors clothes…which are much, much cheaper! Not that I would know or anything (ahem)

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  12. Don Mills Diva on July 7th, 2008 9:17 am

    My son is the same. He is soooo tall for his age but such a skinny minny it’s ridiculous. He will be three in November and 24 month pants fall off his waist (and hit him mid calf) - I don’t know what to put on him!

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  13. angel on July 7th, 2008 12:06 pm

    my knucklehead was also a slow gainer… he was healthy- and was walking at 9 months in a 3-6 months baby-gro!

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  14. Sandy (Momisodes) on July 7th, 2008 7:28 pm

    I have no idea on the movie.
    We have the opposite about the weight gain. Mine is wearing nearly 4T’s and is not even 3 yet :( I’ve been worrying about her weight gain since the day she was born….8+ pounds. Tore me a new one too :(
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  15. Kim on July 9th, 2008 6:28 pm

    Robin Hood?? My oldest has always been a peanut.. not as small as baby girl, but never in the size he was supposed to be..

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