Big Head Mode

 Since becoming a Stay At Home Dad, my video game playing time has drastically decreased; even more so now that school is out for the summer.  However, the fond memories I have of playing video games and drinking beer all day live on through my youngest daughter's humongous head.

In the late '90's and early 2000's "Big Head Mode" was a widely popular extra found in many video games.  It was quite similar to today's video game obsession with Zombies.  It was, perhaps, made most popular by the Tony Hawk franchise which has sadly taken a turn for the worst.  Why on earth the franchise decided to make a motion controlled game I don't know.  People just wanted to get high, sit on the couch, and play "Free Skate" while they listened to killer tunes.  If I wanted to actually move around on a skateboard to pull off these moves, I'd go buy a skateboard.

The stoned gamer's worst nightmare...motion.

People eventually tired of Big Head Mode and while it has disappeared from most video games on the market today, I have been able to enjoy it once again through our third child; the baby that came into this world in big head mode.

Look at the head on this thing.

We've always had tiny babies; as in off the doctor's charts tiny.  Our first born was only five pounds at birth and was consistently in the bottom 5th percentile of babies his age for both height and weight.  Our oldest daughter was the same.  And, then there's our newest addition Libby.  She's off the doctor's chart as well, but instead of falling off the bottom, she's rising to the top.  But, it's not her height or weight that puts her up so high; it's her head.

This kid has a huge head.  Her head is bigger than 97 percent of the other babies her age.  Her height and weight is only in the 25th percentile.  I'd say that qualifies as big head mode.  It's not that her head looks like Stewie's or John Madden's; in fact, you can't really tell her head is so much bigger than her body until you get her dressed.  She currently has a 6/9 month torso with a 2T head.  Clothes that fit are not exactly something that's easy to find off of the clearance rack.

If the head won't fit, you can always slide her feet in from the top.

Thank God for sundresses.  She lives in them.  We might not be able to squeeze that nugget of hers through a onesie anymore, but as long as it's summer, she can look good in a 6/9 month dress.  Hopefully, by fall the rest of her body will have caught up with her head.  If not, I guess this Daddy needs to learn how to sew a 2T neckline onto a 9/12 month sweatshirt.