the baby blog of bryan and rebecca
following his new found love of standing up, which he is repeating on darn near anything he can get his hands on…. this evening mason crawled up the stairs. Sure, mom was right behind him making sure he didn’t fall, but he did nearly all the work. He needed a bit of guidance around the turns in the staircase, but he was laughing and having a blast.
Sure, this may become a problem, we may need to get those gates up quickfast, but it was still fun to watch.
So Mason has been crawling around and whatnot, over thanksgiving week, he began rolling from a laying down position up into a sitting up position. Then, he began getting up on his knees… and this morning, when rebecca walked into his room after he woke up, he was standing in his crib. He repeated the feat a couple more times and now can do it without issue. Combine that with his love of having his hands held while he ‘walks’ around, I am sure he will be walking soon!
so I was thinking I need to blog more on mason more often. Time goes by too quick, and it is worth noting the stuff he does. So without further ado..
he recently discovered pointing. it rules. like in the last week or so… so you can say ‘where is mommy?’ and he’ll point at rebecca. kitty, daddy, etc. it is cool. so now he is posting at everything. it is really funny.
so big… you can go up to mason and say ‘how big is mason?’ and he’ll smile all big and put his arms up in the air. ‘so big!’. that is in the last 2-3 weeks. funny stuff.
he is still talking up a storm, not that we can’t understand most of what he is saying. But his first word was kitty. that was about a month ago I would wager. He LOVES the cat. He loves the cat, he loves the cat magnets. he loves the cats in the books. ‘kitty kitty kitty’. it rules.
he is still crawling, army crawl style. he will get up on all fours and bounce around, and will occasionally crawl around for a few steps, but then he is back to the army crawl.
he likes standing but he isn’t super good at. he can’t pull himself up, but in the last week or 3 you can pull him up and lean him against the couch, ottoman, whatever and he can stand there holding on for a little bit. and if you hold him up and walk him around, he will step. he is getting the balance thing down.
Mason had his 4 month checkup last night and all went well. We got the second round of immunizations and a normal checkup and there were no problems. He is progressing well, although they said he is tall and thin, just like his parents. He grabs and holds on to things as he is supposed to. He smiles and engages as he is supposed to. I have noticed it appears that he can see further than in the past. He is a lot of fun! I am excited for summer so that we can take him outside and walk around, play in the yard, etc.
He isn’t sleeping through the night that often, which is annoying. He will nap though, and we did just get him a new swing that he seems to like alot. The difference is that the swing goes side to side as well as forward and back, and he likes the side to side motion.
He will occasionally have a tough day, but for the most part he is pretty well behaved, not lots of screaming, etc. He travels well, and he sleeps in the car without issue. It is funny cause he is always looking around, taking things in. Funny stuff.
So although we had the fluke back in the day, Mason rolled over from his stomach to his back today. Go Mason!
Mason makes lots of different noises now. He holds on to things much better now as well. It gets easier and easier to make him smile now too, although it is still somewhat elusive to get on photos. He is lots of fun! It seems like he gets frustrated that he can’t move around and talk, but I am sure that will change soon!
Although he has always slept WELL, Mason actually slept through the night last night. 7 hours straight. I woke up this AM, looked over, and thought to myself “hey, it is time to get up and Mason didn’t wake up at all!”
Sounds good to me! I hope this becomes a trend. It would be a nice trend. In the recent past he has been getting up once per night for feeding, which itself isn’t too bad. But this all nighter thing would be a nice change!
So Mason rolled over today, at 2 weeks. Which makes sense cause all he ever tries to do is roll over. He sits in his cosleeper and tries and tries and tries and grunts and grunts and grunts as he tries to move. Rebecca set him in his crib on his back and went to the bathroom, when she came back, he was on his stomach, and was holding his head up. Last night he was on his side and kept trying to swing his legs around to get onto his stomach.
Hopefully this is indicative of things to come and he will be totally strong in a toxic spill kind of way and will be able to lift cars up and stuff. That would rule.
(sorry for the lack of updates, I had a minor server problem)
Mason is sleeping well lately, although ONLY with us. He will sleep all day in any number of places, his pack-n-play, his co-sleeper, whatever. But as SOON as it is night time and it is time to go to sleep, Mason is NOT happy anywhere but in bed with us. He will sit in his bed and try to move around and moan and grunt until we pick him up. Then he is fine. So he has been sleeping with us. It is actually really cute. He sleeps between us and he is totally fine. No pillows, nothing underneath him. Once we put him in bed with us, he falls asleep right away and sleeps for about 4-6 hours at a stretch no problem.
He is awake and alert more and more each day, which is nice. We have started taking him for walks, and though he sleeps most of the time in the snugli, he doesn’t mind it, and it is nice for us to be out and about. Too bad it is so dark after work now. I have started working again, and that is fine, although it would be nice to be at home with Mason and Mom.
We took Mason out to lunch both Saturday to Feast and Sunday to Flying Saucer. He was fine, and slept most of the time at each in his infant carrier. He is really a pretty good little kid overall. Rarely cries.
We gave him a bath last night, figured it would be a good idea. I have no idea how often you should bathe a baby. Although he was cold, he seemed ok with the entire process.
The other interesting thing of the weekend… my mom brought over some pics of me when I was newborn, and man does Mason look exactly like me. It is really funny. I will scan some pics in and post them up for comparison.