The Adventures of Baby Arthur

by Liz

Soon after we rolled out of bed Saturday morning, we thought it'd be nice to walk around the neighborhood and get some breakfast on such a nice sunny day. We settled into the restaurant, glad that another shrieking baby was on the premises to keep the heat off of us! That shrieking baby turned out to be the daughter of a stylishly dressed (in a low-key way) and amazingly fit Jessica Alba. We only noticed them as they were leaving and we're assuming that the baby was Honor Marie, who according to this 'the Insider' article, is less than 3 weeks older than our own Arthur. We naturally researched all of this as soon as we got home of course. We also confirmed that Jessica Alba IS currently in town according to the tabloids, but Lincoln won't let me post any gossip links on this blog aside from that one article!

Anyway, I couldn't help but notice a few things that were mentioned in the Insider article. The natural birth (Lincoln says I'd kick her butt!) and proximity of birthdays between Arthur and Honor are where our similarities end. Sadly, not only do we not have a hilltop LA estate, I was not allowed a "soul food diet" during pregnancy either! My OB/GYN, Dr. Anna, was a stern looking and strict woman with the kind of piercing eyes that cut through you if you did anything wrong. She basically prescribed me the Atkins diet - no carbs, no juice, no sugar. She also told me to control the quantities I ate, that I should not listen to any of those "eating for two" cliches and that being pregnant is not a green light to gain 55 lbs!

Well, I didn't listen to her completely, but I did manage to only gain 18 lbs (21 in total) after 8 months. At our visit that month, Lincoln and I were both concerned that the baby was not gaining enough weight. Dr. Anna quickly dismissed those concerns after her checkup and estimated that Arthur weighed 6.5 lbs already. She then slanted her eyes and said, "You've been drinking juice haven't you?!". *GULP*, Guilty As Charged!

Anyway, I guess we can't all be Jessica Alba. And by the way, the "I lost my tummy by breast feeding" is complete BULL!!

Labels: health, miscellaneous, pregnancy