Mason: Six Months

Our little Mason is a half-year old! Fastest six months, ever. We went into the doctors a week ago and our little munchkin is 26.25" (44% ile), and 15 lbs 13 oz (23%). He is close to being out of 3-6 month clothes. He still has a few we can squeeze him into. The brands that run 6-12 months are still way too big for him, so we are in an awkward in between stage. 

 Homeboy went through a naughty phase and was waking up in the middle of the night for about a week, but now he is back to sleeping through the night. Praises all around. No major developments this month; he is rolling a lot more and is getting better at sitting up, but can't sit up on his own for any amount of time.

He eats around 7:15 and is asleep by 7:30 and will sleep till about 6:45-7:15 the next morning, with a dream feed at about 10:30. When he wakes up in the morning- or from a nap- most of the time I don't know he is awake. I turn on the monitor and he is just rolling around smiling and playing with the slats on his crib. It's pretty cute.

He takes 2, 2-21/2 hour naps a day, sleeping partially unswaddled for naps, and in the woombie for bedtime. He will nap in his crib and in his carseat. He WILL not fall asleep if someone is holding him, or in a bouncer, on his play mat, etc.

He has 5 liquid feedings a day: 7/11/3/7/10:30 and he gets HOPPIN mad if he sees someone eating real food and he doesn't have any. Needless to say, we ended up really starting solids about 2 weeks ago, going with the "baby led solids" route like we did with Calvin. He doesn't hate baby food like Calvin did, but we give him it if we are eating a meal that doesn't have anything he can eat (like protein pancakes or a smoothie with protein powder or a nut butter in it). And when I say he gets hoppin mad, I mean he has like a full on tantrum and screams till he eats solids. We mostly started him on solids so we could have peaceful meal times. haha.

Mason has such a sweet disposition and personality. He will just smile at someone until he gets their attention- especially strangers. Or if I just look at him he was grin from ear to ear. Mason is a huge thumb sucker, and spitter-upper (as in 15 times a day. It's the worst)

Mason LOVES his brother the most, and will track him around the room until Calvin acknowledges his presence and gives him a hug. Calvin also likes to give his brother lots of aggressive love; 90% of the time Mason loves it, the other 10%- not so much. 

  During Masons 6th month of life, he celebrated his first Easter, touched his first frog, flew on an airplane for the 2nd time, participated in his first fire pit experience, and swam for the first time.