Six Months Old!

Zane is six months old today! It's very hard to believe so much time has passed. This morning we went to our friends the Matsumoto/Wagner's and had a half-birthday brunch. Zane had his very first meal, a banana and breast milk slurry. It was a great success!


I was amazed that he didn't make a face or spit it out. He clearly didn't get his mom's banana-hating genes. He just sucked it in like he'd been waiting for it. Actually, he's been staring at us when we eat for quite a while now, so he was very ready. Also, we've been having increasingly sleepless nights, and I think that may also be due to a need for solid food. Last night was just the pits, and Zane (the lucky guy) is having a nap now to recover from his sleep deprivation and big exciting meal.He had a little rice cereal after the banana, but I think he was disappointed in that. I'll be making some fruit slurries and vegetable slurries and freezing them into cubes for later meals. I guess I send those along to daycare with his bottles.

Zane has started to babble syllables now: dza-dza-dza, ya-ya-ya and the occasional ba. Right on schedule! We don't have our six month check up until the 24th, so we have to wait a bit to see how he's doing weight-wise. Judging from the photo up top, I think they're still going to say he's too skinny. I think he's fine, though. He's just a wiggly noodle and uses up all of his calories.
This video of Zane is a bit long for nothing really happening, but I enjoy watching his face as he "works":