Week 23

This week marks the beginning of some serious weight gain for the baby and I. Lil JJ is approximately eight inches long and slightly over a pound. His weight in the next four weeks should double, and soon I will feel like mine has too!

Despite the occasional jokes I make about turning into a fat cow, I’m actually comfortable with the weight gain coming up in the next 3 months. All my life I have been under weight and have felt that despite what I ate I never gained anything. I’m now eating a lot healthier. I go for the baby carrots instead of Doritos, milk instead of ice tea, an apple instead of a can of spam covered with mayonnaise… OK…. I may have exaggerated that last one. My point being, I’ve been keeping in mind the major food groups and getting the recommended extra calories needed for the baby and I. Hopefully, when the baby is born, I will keep a similar healthy diet and keep some of the healthy weight I need to finally be average weight. 

As for lil’JJ, we hope that by the time he is born, he will be pleasantly plump and filled out — from chubby cheeks to chubby toes.