Mason: Four Months

On the third Mason turned four whole months old. We went it for his 3 month check up a week before he turned 4 months (ha,ha!) so here are his stats as of 3 months and 3 weeks old.  He is 24.76 inches long (48%-ile), and 13 lbs 15 oz (27%-ile). He is completely in 3-6 month clothes, some of which are actually getting too small. 

Mason has started looking around until he finds the source of a noise. He loves hearing his brother and will roll and twist until he sees him. He loves sitting in his bumbo on the table while we have breakfast and lunch and he just chats and chats and Calvin.

Mason has given us a little giggle here and there, but has yet to do a full belly laugh. So far the only one who has been successfully able to get Mason to laugh. Mason thinks Calvin is the coolest and finds him hilarious. 

 Mason eats every 3, but usually 3.5 hours. He stays awake for anywhere from 90 minutes to two hours after he eats. He takes three hour and a half naps and one cat nap around 5:30.

 He goes down for bed between 7 and 7:30, either Robert or I dream feed him before we go to bed for the night and then he wakes up once between 3:45-4:30 to eat and then wakes up for the day between 7 and 7:30. If he isn't up by 7:30, then I go and wake him up. He is the happiest baby and never cries when he wakes up. I just hear him talking to himself and looking around. I love getting him from his crib when he wakes up because he is SO smiley and happy to see me.

 He started rolling over from back to stomach the day after he turned 3 months, but screams until we roll him back over to his back. He DOES not like tummy time. So that is an exercise we participate in sparingly around these part.

He loves being in the Solly Baby and going on walks with big brother. Lately they are short lived because he is a man after my own heart and doesn't love the cold. He is very patient, as he gets lots of  squishy love. Emmeline has called him "Peter" since she has met him and absolutely loves to hold him and try and help him smile. Calvin will lay next to him (sometimes on top of him) and say "mom, I will just give him a little love. Not too much!". 

 In his fourth month of life he had his first non-family babysitter (thanks Danae!), celebrated his first Valentines, was given his first nibble of food....a piece of sugar cookie dough (thanks Ed,haha).

Mason: One Month

Mason turned one month on the third of this month; he went in for his check up and a shot a few days later. He weighed in at exactly 9 lbs (24%) and 21 inches (23%) with his smart brains at 36.5 cm (25%). We can conclude he is pretty normally proportioned between all three. 

Mason is such a wonderful addition to our family and loved by all, but loved the most by Calvin. Calvin definitely forces his love aggressively upon his brother, and means well. Mason is the receiver of a lot of kisses, toys, blankets, water bottles and food from Calvin. Hopefully the sharing on Calvin's end sticks around for the next 20 years.

 As a newborn he slept about 23 hours of the day, but by about 3 weeks he was staying awake for longer periods. At this point he is eating every 3 hours during the day like clock-work and will stay awake for a about an hour after he wakes up and eats. He goes down for the night at about 8 or 8:30 and wakes up at 1 and 4:30 to eat and wakes up for the day at 7.

Sadly he is out of newborn diapers, and is coming close to outgrowing all his newborn clothes, although 75% of 0-3 month clothes are still a tad too big. He has loved baths from his first bath at 6 days old (when his cord fell off!) and it's also big brothers favorite part of the day when he can help give him a bath. 

During his first month of life he celebrated his first Thanksgiving, met A LOT of fun new cousins, went on a lot of walks, went on the Christmas Express train, helped his dad study for his OB/GYN SHELF exam, helped set up Christmas and was blessed by his father. 

We are so glad you joined our family Mr. Mason Robert!