Big Boy, Pretty Girl

Blog posting almost daily or more, here, due to insomnia....

So, here is the proof that Nolan is a pretty tall guy. He does come by it genetically honestly, and I see it with mingled pride and uncertainty about why I should be proud of that. It does seems a bit irrelevant as an accomplishment, but the most common stranger compliments to kids are "big boy!" and "Pretty girl!", and Nolan is no exception. Actually, when his hair is long he may get BOTH comments within the same day. Don't people think I am dressing "her" kind of butch?

Anyway, there you go, favorable traits in the eyes of society it seems. However it also means he is the size of an average 27-34 month old, so "why doesn't he talk(walk climb behave-draw) better" is the subtext, while average sized kids skills are much more apparent..

It also makes clothes shopping a bit of a problem- toddler inseams are very variable in length and often gave little to do with stated size, and long things are often rather- ummm- square in cut, so he looks like a box wearing runners.

And, if he was shy of the 50th percentile (as HALF of kids are, obviously) I'm sure I'd be worried about THAT.

Parents. But when you get right down to it, I am more comfortable with his continuing the family trend of tall, and hope he continues to be so (within reason) as at least I can more easily relate to that. And he'll be able to look his dad, and uncles of both sides, in the eye (or close, at least).