Esther’s first 4 month appointment was canceled by snow so she had a 4 1/2 month one on Monday. Her stats: 12 lb 7 oz  (5.64kg), 24.5 inches (62.25 cm) and 44.5 cm head circumference. In percentiles this makes her 25% for weight (ie 75% of babies her age are bigger than her), 50% for height and >95% for head circumference. It is really off the curve entirely. Luckily Julius and I both have large heads to account for this. I measured ours that night and his was 1 cm larger than average. Mine was 3 cm larger than an average woman’s head and I looked like a bit of a bobble head in my baby photos. I will put most of the blame on myself.

Happily, Esther’s doctor agreed with the public opinion and thought she looked proportional and was growing fine.  She was worried that I was worried but I assured her that I wasn’t worried if she wasn’t worried. So, no one is worried. She said she was hitting her milestones and was very adorable. I suspect she says all her patients are adorable but I will assume with Esther she really means it. Thanks to my mom’s copious notetaking in  my baby book I learned that I had almost the same growth trajectory in my first year. I hope Esther can be the baby that wears every outfit she got at every shower numerous times. She is not lacking in clothes and it would be a shame for her to not get plenty of time in all of them.