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Suddenly Petite

At Adelaide’s four-month well baby visit yesterday, we learned that her height is 23 ¾ inches and weight is 13 pounds. Both measurements put Adelaide into the 25th percentile on the growth chart, well within normal limits for her age, but our string bean has become decidedly elfin in these past weeks.

After calculating the measurements, our family practitioner looked from Adelaide to me and back to Adelaide before smiling and saying, “Well, she comes from small people … Small people with big personalities.”

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"She comes from small people"!?
I am a man of above-average height! Admittedly it's hard to remember this sometimes here on the prairie, land of the Brobdignagians.
Ah well. Adelaide's size doesn't bother me at all. In fact, she makes a nice compact package with just the right heft.

Ah, that's good news--she'll be easier to hold for longer before your arms give out. And she still fits in her luxury travel pod, an item we have returned to the attic in favor of the larger and immobile convertible carseat.

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