Zane: A 6-Month Summary

(Disclaimer to all of the second-, third-,etc. born kids: I do take pics of Zane by himself, but this is a pic I took for Father's Day and it's one of the more recent ones...and I really like it! Just didn't want anyone concerned that he's always in pics with Karys and never by himself. :)

I'm not good at blogging about my kids' development monthly like some people are. Maybe I'd like to be, but oh well. We took Zane today for his six-month well-check and it seems like a good time to fill everyone in on what I think you should know about this cute little guy.

First things first...results from our doctor's appointment.

Weight: 21.2 lbs. (94th percentile)

Height: 27.75 inches (88th percentile)

I don't have Karys's height and weight from this age in front of me right now (and since both kids are napping, I don't want to go get it out of their room!) but if my memory serves me correctly, she was 15 lbs. some-odd ounces at 6 months. I don't remember her height, though. So, obviously he's considerably bigger. :) Oh, and he's only 3 lbs. less than she is...as in, right now!! :)

He is still wearing 6-9 mo. clothes, although some of them are starting to get a little snug. The crazy part is that whenever we run out of diapers, we're going to be buying size 4 next time!!! Karys probably started wearing a 4 sometime between 18 mos. and 2!!

Okay, there's more to know about Zane than just what size he is. Here's some things I'd like you to know.

*He loves his sister. And she feels the same way about him. He laughs so much at the silly things she does for him and whenever I put him in his high chair to feed him, she'll bring him toys to play with while I'm getting his food ready.

*He sits up by himself! He just started that about 2 weeks ago and has really gotten it mastered. One of my friends told me that she thinks the bigger babies learn to sit earlier because they have a more supportive base with their bigger bellies. :) The doctor told me today that there is truth to that, but the bigger babies are also slower to crawl because they have more to move around. :)

*I like to call him "Zany Man." And I do it so much that Karys calls him that most of the time, and Ryan's starting to say it too.

*He's such a pleasant baby. He's really not fussy, unless he's tired. He's so content--he loves to sit with his toys and play or just observe what's going on around him.

*He'll eat whatever you'll give him. :) So far he's had cereal, avacado, applesauce, banana, and green beans.

*He can be reserved with his smiles, but Karys can get great smiles from him all the time and I can get them most of the time. :)

*He takes a great afternoon nap, which makes it so great for me!! He'll take a nap for about an hour in the morning, but then in the afternoon he'll nap for about 2 1/2 hours (and it coincides with Karys's naptime!). I learned that if I try to wake him up from the afternoon nap (so that he'd feed on an every 3-hour schedule), he'd just fall right back asleep. But if I let him nap pretty much as long as he wants, we're good!

*He sleeps really well at night! I've been trying to keep him from taking a short catnap in the late evening (usually a 30-minute nap around 7:00) and then just feed him around 8 so he'll fall asleep and go straight to bed. He'll usually sleep until after 7 the next day. And if he wakes up in the 6:00 hour, I can put him in the swing and he'll go back to sleep for me.

*Most important thing for you to know: I don't know what I'd do without my little man!! :)