Pudgy baby?

dad herein offers his prediction: Lil' Genghis is gonna be pudgy. Yeah, OK, mom has gestational diabetes, which ups the ante, and her family has been known to have pudgy babies in general. But, still, there's this nature vs. nurture thing going on. From our hospital's guidebook:

Infant Nutrition
What can I eat while breastfeeding, continued

Some foods such as garlic, onions, and mint have been found to change the odor and flavor of breast milk. Researchers studying garlic in breast milk found peak levels in the milk two hours after the mother ate garlic. When the garlic levels were high, babies suckled more vigorously and took in more milk. These researchers speculate that we teach breastfeeding babies about family food preferences by exposing them to a variety of flavors in the breast milk.

A good chunk of mom's family is Italian, of course, and one of her favorite sayings is, simply:

I have garlic and I'm not afraid to use it!

This is a woman who buys the minced garlic in like a quart/liter jar, which never seems to last very long. Yeah. Lil' Genghis is going to be awfully hungry. =)