Jack's Stats - 6 Months

We went for Jack's six-month well visit today and had him weighed, measured, and poked (vaccinations). He is now 18 lbs, only up 1.5 lbs since his four-month visit. That puts him in the 60th percentile. The doctor said it's normal for his weight gain to be slowing down a bit. Frankly, I'm relieved it has because I was worried that if he kept gaining at the initial rate, we'd have a 30 lb kid by his first birthday! He is 27 7/8" long, which puts him in the 90th percentile for height.

He was lucky enough to have Daddy there to do the soothing during his shots and Grannie Collins (Mick's mum) to sing to him on the way to and from the office. I was along primarily to ask the doctor my list of questions. We now are able to start feeding him solids twice per day; we tried banana for the first time this afternoon and he was a big fan. The jury is still out on the avocado. Here he is enjoying sweet potato earlier this week.
He's doing a much better job of sitting up unassisted, as you can see in the top photo. He continues to be loads of fun, dazzling us with his smiles and generally good-natured personality. Grannie thinks he's extremely clever, and I must say that his proud parents agree.