Eli: Where does it all go?

Eli's always been low percentile weight and height. We joke now that he doubled his percentile at his last appointment......from 3rd to 6th! At least our kids average out to be average. Tobey was always in the mid 90th percentile. Are they brothers?

Now that Eli's on whole milk, he's drinking a little more consistently. And he was voracious on vacation, downing 2 jars plus extra finger food at every meal. Even now at home he's still eating that much.

Where does it all go?

It definitely goes to his gut. He has a belly that rivals bloated poor children you see in Sally Struthers infomercials. His legs are skinny but he's got some of his brother's cheeks. He is very active. He couldn't sit still for portraits and he's standing here next to me marching in place. He's not moving and yet he is.

Now that he's on milk, eggs and wheat, I've started giving him the same breakfast as Tobey: a scrambled egg, a piece of toast and fruit (well, fruit and cereal). With the cereal calories, it's possible he's consuming more calories at breakfast than Tobey.

Eli must have gotten the Lih "shape" but the Chang metabolism.