Boy Oh Boyers

We use Dr. Brown's bottles so Dad (or a visiting and willing victim...er...grandparent) can give Rowan pumped breastmilk at his midnight feeding. Dr. Brown's bottles come in two sizes: the short ones that hold 4 ounces, and the tall ones that hold 8 ounces. All literature I've read says babies Rowan's age take 2-3 ounces in a meal. Everyone I've talked to says you can use the 4 ounce bottles for many months before ever needing an 8 ounce one. Well, wrong here! After several feedings at which Rowan consumed the entire 4 ounces, Meemaw suggested perhaps he would take 5 ounces. Well, the small Dr. Brown's bottles ominously warn not to fill them above the 4 ounce line, so to test this 5 ounce theory we had to break out the big guns. And guess what? He has taken the entire 5 ounces each time we've offered it to him! Would he take 6? 7? I'm a little afraid to find out, but on the chance that a baby who eats more sleeps longer (as I've occasionally been told), I suppose we'll bump it up to 6 ounces soon and see if he takes it!

It's good to know he has a good appetite, I guess. Tom commented once a few weeks ago about a baby we saw who had really chunky thighs, and I warned him that Rowan will almost certainly get those too. Yesterday, I noticed the first fat roll on his little thighs. Welcome to bouncing babyhood!