I guess it's common sense that if alcohol replaces nutrition, the body suffers. In addition to losing muscle mass and attacking the body for protein since there is too little protein in the diet, alcoholism can also include neuropathies due to vitamin deficiencies, which also result in weakness due to the nerves not properly functioning.
I suppose while he is shrinking, baby is growing like a weed. Last count, there were two teeth. Do we have crawling to a pull-up yet?
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