Stats

For you number crunchers out there:  On Xander's birthday, he weighed 10 pounds 1.5 ounces (yowza!) and was 21 inches long.  This put his height and weight in the 97th percentile.

His head circumference was only in the 43rd percentile, however, which I think was very considerate of him.

Then, as all newborns do, he lost weight and dipped down to the 92nd percentile.  But then, because he is a champion eater, he sprang back up to fighting shape!  Today he is three weeks and four days old and 12 pounds 7 ounces, which puts him back up in the 97th percentile in weight. His height has slipped to the 88th percentile (slacker), and his head circumference is a lovely 49th percentile.  

So, bottom line: big body, small-ish head, all heart.  And he may or may not be a little colicky, which is a whole other blog post.