Yikes, he's grown!

[arobynne]

Today I saw a friend's 5 day old baby. He's nearly identical in size to Peter at birth-- just over 9 lbs, 22", 14.5" head. He looked tiny!! We held Peter up next to him and he seemed monstrous. According to my parents' scale, Peter's nearly 18 lbs, so it makes sense, but really, when did all this growing happen? I can't believe that at almost

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[davedash]

Let's assume he doubles in weight every 3 months.

3 mos 18lbs
6 mos 36 lbs
12 mos 72 lbs
15 mos 144 lbs
18 mos 288 lbs

... you've got problems!

[ywong]

That's exactly the kind of flawed thinking that led to the demise of all those dot-coms.