The Long and Not the Short of It

We were out for a walk with little J the other day.


W: Aw, look at him in his little outfit.
Me: Very cute.
W: It's the dinosaurs that make it. And that's the bigger baby grow too; he's already out of his newborn stuff.
Me: I can't believe he takes up so much of the carrier.
W: He's a long boy.
Me: And getting longer. I'm sure he's grown a few centimetres since last week.
W: He has. His head's closer to the top of the carrier. We're going to have to get a new one before long.*
Me: He'll be patting me on the head one day.
W: Not just yet. For now he's my little baby.

*And we have, thanks to good ol' ebay.