Mason: Ten Months

Mr. Mason Robert is now ten months old and has grown so much! We went to the doctors for a check-up and he has grown! He is 21 lbs 1 oz (66th%), 29.1 inches long (66th%) and has a head size of 17.9" (58th %) He was in the 50th percentile for so long for all areas, so it's fun to watch him grow out of that. Sadly, he is also growing out of 6-12 month clothing and he fits into quite a few 12-18 month clothing items already. So many tears.

Mason is still a gummy, but I swear some teeth with break through here soon! He is gnawing on everything and can eat anything and everything. So, not having any teeth doesn't seem to bother him! He still does his one-armed wounded soldier crawl, but is also pulling himself up onto everything and is standing for longer periods of time.

Mason has two liquid feedings a day, one right when he wakes up and one right before goes to sleep for the night. He has been acting uninterested in his morning liquid feed less and less, so I may start skipping that soon. He'd much rather have some solids. Mason goes down for the night around 7 or 7:30 and sleeps till about 6:45-7 the next morning and is ALWAYS ready for his morning nap by 8:45 and sleeps till Calvin and I wake him up around 10 or 10:30  because we need to leave for our morning activity. He takes a second nap around 1:30 for a good 2 hours.

Mason has started clapping for himself, says "mama" and "dada", signs "more" and "water" and is an absolute water baby. He LOVES going swimming and going down the water slide at our pool. He is also really into music (like his brother) and dances when he hears music. All it takes is a glance in his direction to get an ear to ear grin from him and is the sweetest happiest babe unless he is hungry, then all is lost. We are pretty lucky to have this happy baby! He is also the center of attention wherever he goes, he knows how to swoon allllllll the people.

During Mason's 10th month of life he went camping for the first time, saw his dad off for his first away rotation, got another hair cut, went to Lake Tahoe a few times, celebrated our 6th anniversary with us, and ate one too many otter pops.

Mason: Nine Months

Our little munchkin is nine months old! No doctors appointment this month, so no stats. He is in 6-12 month clothing, some onesies are getting a little snug, though. He also has the most scrumptious thighs in America. I love it. Mason is just a delight to have in our home. He smiles his gummy smile if you look at him, and flaps his arms and legs with delight when he is happy or excited to do something (like get out of his carseat). He still doesn't have any teeth, but I feel like he is teething every other week. I am ready for gummy here to get some teeth! I will miss that toothless smile, though.

He is crawling everywhere and even learned how to go from laying down to sitting up on his own! I looked in the monitor one morning and he was just sitting in his crib like it was no big deal. He also waves "hi" "bye" and claps for himself. He knows the signs for "food" "water" and "more". He still sleeps from 7:30 pm-7 am. He wakes up and nurses/bottle and goes to sleep with a liquid feeding and thats it. He would probably be fine weaning now, but I still think its a little young.....I guess I do have like a months supply of milk in our freezer. Stay tuned next month.

He naps twice a day; for a combined total of 3 to 3 1/2 hours. His morning nap is about an hour and a half and his afternoon nap is usually longer, closer to 2 hours. He loves getting his blanket for nap time and is a super easy baby to put to sleep (like his brother used to be. Sigh).

Mason LOVES food (which is a huge understatement) and would eat and eat and eat. He still gets hoppin mad if he sees food and it's not in his mouth, but he is getting better (as in going to the grocery store isn't the most miserable experience of my week). He still is a great eater and will eat anything we give him, but he definitely has his preferences. He will always eat any fruit first, and everything else after the fruit is all gone. 

 During his 9th month of life Mason went to Lake Tahoe for the first time (and he went twice!), went to food truck friday for the first time, had a lot of family visitors and found a new love for the hammock. We love this little guy!

Mason: 8 Months

Muchkin man here is 8 months old! We took him the to the doctor yesterday for his well check and shots (a week late). Here are our boys stats: 27.9" long (51%), 19 lbs 7 oz (57%) and 17.56" (50%) for his smart brain. He also got his shots and cried for 10 seconds and then just smiled his gummy at the nurse ("Look at this cute smile, you can't give me another shot if I smile....") . I think he has started to catch on that usually people give him whatever he wants if he smiles cute enough. Such a ham.

Mason is still a gummy and doesn't appear to have any teeth even close to cutting through, or even forming in his gums. Even though he doesn't have any teeth, it doesn't stop him from eating everything in sight. I can tell he is starting to show preferences, but he will still eat everything we give him. He definitely loves fruit the most, with watermelon taking the #1 spot. The other day I made a PB&J smoothie and he would cry and cry for more but then once we gave him more he would scream because it would give him a brain freeze. It was sad, but entertaining to watch. Once we have in 15 minutes to melt he drank it up in about 1 minute. He was a fan.

Milestone- he can sit 100% on his own and he is a proficient army crawler. One day I looked over and he was just army crawling away. Robert refers to it more as a caterpillar crawl, but either way. He is mobile! He also isn't a fan of being still. We are in the middle of the game when I put him down to change his diaper and he rolls over.

He can also do the signs for "more" and "water"!

He recently dropped to just three liquid feedings a day; once in the morning when he wakes up, after his afternoon nap and right before bed. He would probably be happy if he weaned right now since he loves food so much, but I feel like 8 months is still a tad too early. He takes two naps a day, morning nap is about an hour and half and the afternoon nap is about two hours.

Mason is the smiliest baby, and I love it. He will just stare at people until he can get their attention and he just smiles and coo's when they look at him. When people look at him first and try to get his attention he will get eye contact and he turns into the biggest flirt. On the bright side, taking pictures of him is the easiest thing in America.

 He is still the happiest when he can be outdoors; playing in the grass, going on a walk, touching leaves or feeling the wind. Nature is his happy place, and he is our happy place. I've loved watching him grow up!

During his 8th month of his life he got his first pair of sunglasses, went for his first wagon ride, learned to drink out of a sippy cup, had Grandma and Grandpa Davis come and visit and had his first weekend alone with dad (while Calvin and I were in SF with Micah)