ways of telling us our baby isn't skinny

When Trent was born he weighed in at 7lb 7oz. When we left the hospital he had dropped to only 7lb 2oz. He gradually gained weight but stayed pretty scrawny (in comparison) for the first month or so. It didn't take long for him to really bulk up after that first month. Almost every time we take him out in public we get a remark about him, and 75% of the time the remark is about his weight (the other 25% is about his hair or eyes or whatever). Now, I'm not complaining AT ALL. I love my chunky little man and I love that he is so pleasantly plump!! Here are some of the ways people have gone about commenting on his weight. Some people try to put it nicely while others are more blunt.

• "he's a healthy size" - old man at Cracker Barrel
• "man, he's huge" - guy outside Christiana Hospital
• "he eats well doesn't he?" - unknown
• "he so chunky, he looks like the gerber baby. I hope i have a chunky baby" - a non-pregnant girl working the dressing room at Victoria's Secret
• "how long does it take to feed him....AN HOUR?" - Ryan
• "my niece is smaller than him and she is 10 months old" - cashier at Pathmark when Trent was 4 or 5 months old
• "he doesn't skip a meal" - Kevin
• "how is he so big when you and Kevin are so small" - Mark Buchanan...It cracked me up when he said it.
• "and a t-bone steak for him...?" - the waitress at Longhorn. I'm not positive that was a jab at Trent's weight, but that's how I took it.
• and my favorite "he's juicy" - waitress at Red Robin last weekend

and of course he's been compared to the Michelin baby and state puff marshmallow man multiple times. I would consider dressing him up as the state puff marshmallow man for Halloween but that's still a ways off. We'll have to wait and see if he slims down once he starts crawling.

Oh, and my favorite comment about his red hair:

• "you know redheads are outcasts, right?" - ex-coworker