Congratulations! Julia's a big (and beautiful) one. My two sons were Evan (1984, 3690 g) and Jeffrey (1986, 4390 g). Kaiser in San Francisco did not give lb/oz measurements even then unless you asked (most parents did, I didn't) and to this day I have no idea what the two of them were in colonial measure. However, as they were being born (especially Jeffrey), my wife did a fine job of letting me know continuously and forthrightly how big they were.
Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Victor Jockin Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 17:08 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45969] Metric Baby A birth announcement for my new daughter. With our son, we had metric + English, but this time we're going hardcore (even though many of my friends and relatives will shrug at the numbers). It was interesting to see everything done in metric first in the hospital, including baby's measurements, my wife's and baby's temperature, etc. When the nurse said to my wife "your temperature is 37" I wondered how many Americans would be confused or alarmed (my wife is Brazilian and understood).
