Mason: Seven Months

On Saturday Mason turned seven months old! About two weeks ago we took him into an appointment and he was 16" (but I think that is off because two weeks before that he was 16.25 inches...) and 16lbs 11 oz (28%). We have a small guy on our hands! He is in 6-12 month clothes now, and in brands that do 9 month, he is in 9 month clothes. He also has super small feet because he is still in size 1 and brands that do sizes by month, 3-6 month still don't fit those tiny little feet.

Our brunette turned into a 100% blondie this month (just look at his 5 month picture). Even though he is the same little boy, now that he is blonde I just perceive his personality in such a different way than I did when he had a head full of dark dark hair.

Mason is still sleeping like a rockstar; he is usually asleep by 7:30 pm and wakes up for the day anywhere from 6:40-7am. He takes two 1.5-2hr naps, one around 9 and the other around 1. He dropped his dream feed at 10:30, so he only has 4 liquid feedings a day (7/11/3/7), but I suspect he will drop down to 3 here any day because he is such a fan of solids.

Homeboy is a FOODIE. He will let you know when he wants food, and it's usually anytime he sees food he decides that he will literally die of starvation if that food isn't in his mouth within 10 seconds of seeing it. You can only imagine how grocery shopping goes, even if I do feed him before we leave. A big milestone for this month- he can wave "hi" and do the sign for "more" and "food". He does the sign for food for both, ahah, BUT it makes meal time so much more peaceful.

 Mason is a HUGE fan of the outdoors. He loves touching leaves, and now that it's warmer outside (he didn't like the cold), he would be happy if we spent alllllll day outside basking in the sun.

Mason is still a huge thumb sucker, mostly when he is falling asleep for a nap or if he is getting tired. He is still a very pleasant (except when he is around food) and smiley little boy. You just look at him and he is all smiles. If a stranger even glances in his direction he goes from meltdown to smiles and laughs. He likes to put on a show for people "me? I would never cry. Look at this gummy smile".

 He still can't sit up 100% on his own, although he is getting better and will sit up for 10-30 seconds on his own before he flops to the side. He also graduated from the wrap to the cart for shopping trips- but only at Costco, because Im terrified to go shopping with Calvin not in the cart.

While he isn't the greatest at sitting on his own, he is a rolling machine, and is getting better at schootching little distances to grab toys.
 Mason still thinks his brother is the greatest human being in the whole world; lets just give it a few years an hope that doesn't change.

 During his 7th month of life Mason went on his first hiking trip in our hiking backpack, went to his first Davis family reunion, visited his first national park, had his first overnight babysitter while we ran the RTO (thanks Oma!), and met his cousin Graham for the first time. We love watching this little munchkin grow!

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.

Mason: Five Months

Our Mason is five months old. No doctors appointment for stats this month! But he is slowly outgrowing his 3-6 month wardrobe and getting some chunk-alicious thighs.

Biggest news for this month: a few days after he turned 4 months he dropped his middle of the night feed and is sleeping through the night! So many praises. He did it for about two weeks straight and then for a week he woke up in the middle of the night screaming because he rolled from his back to his stomach and was too out of it to roll back over. For the last few nights he finally outgrew that stage and is sleeping from 7:30-7 again. He definitely prefers to sleep on his stomach but doesn't like it when he wakes up and realizes he is on his stomach. I don't understand.

He has become a major thumb sucker. He actually started sleeping through the night when he started sucking his thumb, so it's definitely a catch 22. He sucks that thumb HARD when he is falling asleep.

Mason stretched his feeding out to every 4 hours. 7/11/3/7. He gets terribly distracted when Calvin is around and he is trying to eat, so we have had to ban Calvin from the room when Mason eats. Poor Calvin.  Mason takes two 2-2.5 hr naps a day and one cat nap around 5:30 for about 45 minutes. He has tried a few solids the past few weeks; his favorite thing is to gnaw on carrots or celery. He gets hoppin mad if we are eating at the table and he is just watching. He has definitely gotten to the age of wanting to be involved and hates being left out (especially when it involves food).

See him staring down that ice cream cone?! 

Mason is generally happy until he is either bored or tired. If he is fussy at all after he has eaten it is generally because he needs a change of scenery or change of activity. He loves going outside and going on walks in the wrap or carrier and playing in his little play center/gym. He also really likes to join in on the reading fun when I read to Calvin. I think we have ourselves another avid reader.

He also LOVES his brother Calvin. If Calvin is in the room Mason just looks around until he finds him and will just stare at him until Calvin looks at him and Mason just giggles and smiles in return. It's adorable.

A few days after he turned four months he learned how to roll from his stomach to his back. Apparently that is a skill they are supposed to learn first, but this guy has done it backwards. Bad news is he is very talented at rolling from back to stomach and isn't very good (still) at rolling from stomach to back. He has done it a dozen or so times but not on a regular basis.

During his fifth month of life he celebrated his first St. Patricks Day, went to California and the beach for the first time, swung in a swing, graduated to a big boy seat in our stroller, and had his first family visitor (Auntie Layney).