Naptime Blog

When you have a big baby, Tristan was almost 9 pounds its strange to see little tiny babies. We were out and about when a small little shrimp of a girl walked up to us. Yes walked, she was less then half of Tristan’s size. I asked her Mom how old she was, I know my mouth hit the ground when she replied 11 months. She had the same reaction when I said Tristan was 7 months. We talked about size and differences; her daughter was 4 pounds at birth. I think I would be afraid of breaking Tristan if he was ever that small. I have an identical twin sister and we were 3 months premature. I was 1 lb 2 oz, and she was 1 lb 9 oz when we were born, I can’t image a baby that small. Especially in 1983, there is a picture of us at John’s Hopkins Hospital where we were born; the Doctor has each of us in one hand. Its no wonder they kept us for four months, can you imagine peoples shock if my mom just carried us around that small. I hope our next baby is a big baby, I am not sure I could handle a shrimp. Tristan makes me nervous now, he crawls in a cabinet and will sit there hitting his head over and over again, all the while laughing. He is my strange little bull in a china shop.

Tristan and I visited my work, for about a week he was afraid of strangers. He seemed fine at my office, looking back its only two people he is nervous and cries around. I think maybe he reads something about them that I don’t see as an adult. It is funny to see how people act around a baby. Everyone wanted to hold him, and play with him. Many people commented how nice and relaxed the office was while he was here. I think that the world would be a better place if everyone made each other laugh like they do with babies. We would all be happy and nice all the time.

-Chrystal