Big, healthy boy!

Dori has outgrown his old diapers (size 6-12 months, 15-20lbs) but his new ones (size 12-18 months, 20-30lbs) are too big. What to do? I guess we'll just let them be a bit big. I surely don't want to put him in disposables for the next month or two until he grows into them. And there's no way I can stuff him into the old ones...I had to put him in disposables the past couple days anyway until the new diaper covers arrived because the old ones were that tight on him! You know what also sucks? Now his pants don't fit with the new diapers! And he's already in 9-12 month old size pants!!! Did you know he's now over 20 pounds and 28 inches long??? And that's all breastmilk, baby!!! It does make me very proud that I have nourished this boy so well. Do you want to know something super weird??? I am 61 inches tall. Dori is almost half my height!!! He is so healthy. Of course, I get comments from people who think he is too big or that I must be feeding him too much. There always seems to be a critic lurking when there's a new mom nearby! I love my baby boy and think he is perfect. How could anyone think he was fat??? It shows me how OBSESSED this country is with weight. He is not even 6 months old, he is supposed to have baby fat, yet people are already talking to me about reducing his food intake and increasing his exercise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, enough whining about that for now.

We will introduce solid food when he is 6 months old (and James has returned). We gave up on the rice cereal after a couple weeks because it wasn't extending his sleep and he seemed to lose interest in it after a couple days. I was happy anyway, because some research has shown that exclusively breastfeeding a baby for the first 6 months can diminish his chances of developing asthma or allergies, both of which run on both sides of Dorian's family. Plus, I gotta tell you, for all my complaining about being tied down to Dorian, it sure is easy to just whip my boobs out and feed him anywhere, you know? I'm not looking forward to all the diligent shopping for organic food, washing, chopping, blending and heating. I absolutely hate cooking; preparing perfectly chosen, washed, blended, heated food for a baby? Even worse, I imagine. Ugh.