Not Too Big, Not Too Much — Just Right

Yesterday, my husband took our 6-year-old to the pediatrician for a sick visit. Nothing serious, thank G-d — just one of those little-kid bugs that pass with extra cuddles and grape Tylenol. After the visit, my husband casually mentioned our son’s weight.

"He's 74 pounds," he said.

I wasn’t even there, and yet that number sat with me. My initial reaction? A pang of sadness. A little bit of worry. Six years old and 74 pounds. He had gained six pounds in just a few months.

I felt that familiar feeling so many of us moms know — the quiet, internal voice that asks: Is that okay? Should I be worried? Am I doing something wrong?

But then I took a breath. And I remembered:

He’s a growing boy. He’s healthy. He’s happy. He’s strong and smart and kind.
He’s everything a six-year-old should be — just in a body that doesn’t match a chart or a label or a size rack.

So what if he’s six and weighs 74 pounds?

That number doesn’t tell you he’s a deep-water swimmer, or that he’s earned his orange belt in karate.
It doesn’t show how full of life he is.
It won’t tell you that he gives the best bear hugs.
It just says “74.”
But he’s so much more than that.

And we like him for him.

This is the heart of what we believe at Mofi.
That every boy — whether he’s husky, stocky, solid, tall, broad, or built like a linebacker in first grade — deserves to feel confident in his clothes and in his skin.

We can’t always control the outside noise: the comments, the growth charts, the sizing guides that make our kids feel like they’re the problem.

But we can choose how we respond.
We can remind our boys:
You are enough. Just as you are.

We like you for you.

Let’s keep raising our boys with love, not labels.

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