Zachary Downing

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Z's new sunglasses

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:41:00 +0000

Z has to take his NUK with him

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:40:00 +0000

When Z wakes up and I go to get him, he usually still has his NUK in his mouth. As I reach to pick him up out of his crib, even though he has a NUK in his mouth, he will grab for another one in his crib. Too cute!

Zachary signing "eat"

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:25:00 +0000

Here is Zachary signing "eat". Great job!!!

Zachary's first steps!

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:55:00 +0000

Yesterday, our baby took 3 steps all by himself. I held out a remote control for him, to see if he would take a step to get it. He took 3 steps to get the remote from my hands! Today, I held out keys, as an incentive for him to take a step. He likes to reach and step for something.

Zachary + Bubbles= inquisitive baby boy

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:58:00 +0000

Today, mommy blew some bubbles for him and he LOVED it.

Multimedia message

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:17:00 +0000

In a highchair at Cracker Barrell

Zachary napping

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:14:00 +0000

I couldn't resist taking this picture of Mr. Man, sleeping in his crib. It was time to get up but he was clearly in a deep sleep.

I love to tear up paper!

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:24:00 +0000

Going for a walk

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:18:00 +0000

We love to go on walks!

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:47:00 +0000

Zachary claps his hands!

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:12:00 +0000

Zachary nods

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:22:00 +0000

He started nodding this morning at me.

Zachary turns 9 months old today!

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:21:00 +0000

Some tidbits about Mr. Z.

-he eats anything we feed him. LOVES food and fusses when he finishes his meal. He doesn't have a favorite food, they are all his favorite.
-pulls up on everything now and is "cruising" around furniture. Also loves to climb the stairs, in which we still don't have a baby gate...which is also why you don't see me on here as much because I'm chasing him! ha
-He seems to be talking more and more. dada, baba and some other language that I'm not familiar with. He has yet to say mama:-(
-Zachary is still sleeping through the night without waking up, has been since 5 1/2 mos. He goes to bed at 9:15pm and wakes up at 8:30am. He naps at 10am (30mins), 1pm (2hrs) and sometimes at 6:30 for a 15mins nap.
-I cut Zachary's hair, for the first time, a few weeks ago when he started growing a "rat tail" haha.
-He loves his baths that his daddy gives him each and every night. He use to sit in a bath seat and now daddy has him in the reg. tub.
-Zachary plays, "How big is Zachary", he will raise his arms above his head when I say, "Soooooo BIG!"
-Zachary loves taking walks and checking everything out in the neighborhood, you'd think he was related to me or something.
-His favorite toy is any NEW toy.

Zachary's new Zebra toy!

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:28:00 +0000

Standing with his favorite toy

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:15:00 +0000

Having fun at the park!

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:28:00 +0000

Crawling

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:42:00 +0000

So far, Zachary has been crawling around on his belly. He will rock back and forth and up on all 4's, just hasn't crawled on all 4's yet. Today, he took a couple of "steps" up on all 4's and then straightened out his legs (as if he was going to stand up and walk). Very fun to watch him accomplish new tasks:-)

Christmas shopping

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:18:00 +0000

I feel like I'm never going to get done shopping. This year has been very tough with figuring out what to get the kids. The girls seem to only want clothes and shoes...Tyler only wants a memory card....Zachary doesn't know the difference so he's getting new toys for his age range along with some socks, hehe.

What did we get Daddy for xmas? Daddy's getting...click here to continue reading...

Weaning

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:58:00 +0000

The weaning is progressing. We are in our last few days of nursing:-( The decision to stop was hard for me, I know I need to before my school semester starts back up again. I don't want either of us to be uncomfortable by not being able to nurse when we aren't together. Pumping is not an option for me because I've done that in the past and it is not fun for me.

Zachary was down to two breastfeeding sessions a day. This started after he turned 6 months old. Just this past week, I took out the morning feeding and that left us with the night-time feeding. I knew that by slowing down, my milk would also decrease. The first few days were very uncomfortable because I was engorged.

Sunday night, I stopped feeding him the night-time feeding. I let him empty them out on Monday morning and now that it is Tuesday morning, I feel the left one is just about done. My right breast still has milk in it but I'll wait until tonight to let him empty it out.

Weaning is giving me a rollercoaster ride with my emotions. I'm sad one minute, happy the next, crying, and etc. Like Justin said, it's just the matter of days for it to be done. In the meantime, to help with this upheaval of emotions, I have taken over all of the bottle feedings. This was a suggestion so that we can continue our closeness at feeding while we're getting use to the change.

Z put his own NUK in

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:29:00 +0000

Zachary cut his first tooth!

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:42:00 +0000

On Thanksgiving day...Mr. Z cut his first pearly white:-) Now, a few weeks later, he seems to be working on his 2nd tooth...we'll see.

Last Saturday night, Zachary visited with Santa and told Santa that he wants a Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Musical Table. However, last I checked...the main Santa didn't think it was "necessary" for him to have. Oh well...at least he'll have a few small things to open on xmas morning.

Zachary has been doing really well sleeping in his crib at night and for his naps. Hopefully this trend will continue on into childhood.

One other update, Zachary has now increased his food intake. He appears to still be hungry after being fed and fusses when I take the bowl away. So instead of giving him a cube of vegie and a cube of fruit...yesterday I offered him 2 cubes of vegie/1 cube of fruit for lunch and 2 cubes of vegie/2 cubes of fruit for dinner. I'm running out of food for him...I need to go out and buy more to make! Luckily, the Farmer's Market is this coming Sunday. Zachary has also been wanting to eat the food on our plates. This has been happening for 3 days now. Must be because I gave him some of my mashed potatoes. He is also still nursing twice a day:-)

We're taking our precious one to SeaWorld on Saturday. Grandma won 2 SW tix and gave them to us...the older kids don't mind because they go to SW all the time and don't care to go right now...cool!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Zachary's schedule at 6mos

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Downing) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:15:00 +0000

This is his schedule:

8am awake...nurse on both sides
9am cereal
9:30 nurses
10am morning nap (sleeps for 1/2hrs)
12:30...5oz formula
12:45 nap (sleeps until 3)
3:30...nurses
5pm...fruit and vegetable
6:00 nap (for 1/2 hr)
6:30...5oz formula
9:15 nurses
9:30 bed