Alexander is Zero

The title is a paraphrase of James's reply to my "Alex is six months old today."

At age 0.5, Alexander weighs 17 pounds, 13 ounces; his length is 29 inches; and his head circumference is 44.5 centimetres. In other words, he is average for his age for weight, and well above average for length and noggin size. This obviously means that I am a better mother than people with puny children.

Here are some recent videos of Alex:

By Popular Demand

More pictures of Alex, who is one month old today.* Hopefully I'll get some newer ones soon.






I hold this baby most of the day. Meanwhile, James has become basically feral. I'm really glad he goes back to school tomorrow morning! Two weeks off has nearly done us in.



*Why is the time going by so quickly? Someone please make it stand still - while I hold my baby.

No One Is Going to Believe Me

On Tuesday, when Alex was 18 days old, I left him sleeping on his back on my bed for a few minutes. When I came back into the room, he was on his stomach.

!!?!

Is it even possible for a two-and-a-half-week old baby to roll over? Anybody have a precedent for this? Not in our family - James was three-and-a-half MONTHS old when he rolled over for the first time. I looked it up.

James was in the room with him at the time, and I asked him (James) if he had touched him (Alex). He said no. I will concede that it is possible that James did it, but I think that would have been strange behavior, even for James. He usually just likes to kiss and hug Alex and bring him toys.