Took some awesome pictures of Gatito under the sprinkler yesterday, using the real camera instead of the iPhone. Imagine that. I love this one where I caught him mid-stride.
A and I also spent much of the time trying to hide our horror at this kids’ ribs. Obviously we seem him every night in the bath, but normally when we are swimming we have a shirt on him to protect him from the sun, so I feel like we don’t see this view, and I have to admit the words “concentration camp victim” flashed through my mind.
“Are we feeding him enough?” we asked, almost simultaneously.
Dear lord.
He has plenty of energy, though, and the funny thing is he kind of has a six-pack, too. And he was just at the doctor for clearance prior to the anesthesia. He measured 43.5 inches and 37.5 pounds and the doctor didn’t declare him malnourished or call CPS or anything, so I guess it’s okay.
He used to not eat much with us but eat tons with Tata. They’d go to a restaurant and he’d clean his plate and half of hers. (This actually started in babyhood, where he’d finish his bottles with his old nanny and not with us.) Now he eats well with us, too, most of the time. I’m just going to think about getting more healthy fats into his diet, like nuts and avocado and stop spraying the pan with canola or olive oil and instead just pour some in when I’m cooking for him. I doubt it will help, though. He comes from a line of skinny men.
Isn’t it ridiculous how much we worry about our kids, whichever end of the spectrum they’re on?
Aww. He’s active. He eats a TON of veggies. He gets his protein. Yeah, throw in some more healthy fats.. but this isn’t a kid you worry about. If he only ate chicken nuggets and fries, you would have to be concerned….
And he’s SO tall! Is he sporting a wee temporary tat there?
Wow, what a big boy he is! Looks like he’s going to be tall and thin, but I don’t think he looks emaciated at all.
He has the ‘nearly 4′ thiness. I’m sure he is just fine–all the kids in my family were really lean, and now we’re all normal to plump. My mom stopped taking nude baby pictures after the one of my sister looked a bit to much like a concentration camp survior.
His hair is such an amazing color of red!
and the first thing I thought was, “he’s getting so BIG!”
sure, healthy fats are good for a boy his age, but he looks like a “regular” kid to me =)
Wow, what a cutie! And so tall! It sounds like he’s just shooting up before he fills out.