Mason is six weeks old already! Crazy. Here is just a little bit about our sweet baby boy.
He no longer sleeps all day and night like he did the first few weeks. He acts like a completely normal little one who sleeps good stretches for naps during the day but has some fun and not so fun awake times in between. He sleeps two to three hours at a time at night which leaves mommy very tired. Most nights he goes back to sleep in between feedings fairly well and for that I am thankful. It seems the 4/5am feeding is the hardest to get him back to sleep. He often ends up snuggling with me in bed for a couple more hours. He enjoys sleeping in his swing and will typically take good naps in that. We have not tried his crib yet in his room but plan on trying that very soon. He doesn't sleep well in the pack n play in our room during the day but that is where he sleeps at night.
He loves to be held, especially by mommy. And he is the snuggliest baby I've ever held. If only I didn't have 800 other things to do throughout the day and I could just sit and hold him forever.
He is really starting to chunk out. I don't know what he weighs but my guess would be between 9 and 10 pounds now. He is almost out of his newborn clothes (a few still fit) and has started wearing his 0 to 3 month stuff. He is completely out of newborn diapers and in size 1 diapers.
He is beginning to make us think he might really start smiling any day. My mom said she got a smile out of him for real last week and today I saw him smile right at Carter. He hasn't really smiled for me yet but he does smile a lot in his sleep. His smile is breath taking (in my opinion) and I can't wait to start seeing it frequently.
Having three kids is definitely an adjustment! I have to let him cry a little more than I ever let the other two. I keep telling him that his brother and sister would like to eat lunch sometime. He doesn't seem to care yet :) But when I need to feed the other kids he just has to hang out in his swing. Even if that means he is crying the whole time. And I will take a shower every single morning and I will not rush through it like there are snakes in the shower. So if he has to cry, he has to cry. Welcome to being a third kid, dude. I even left him with my mom last night so Jay and I could go out to dinner alone. On our way to dinner I realized I left my six week old and really didn't even give any instructions. I just told her when he ate and that he would probably take a nap at some point. If that had been my first I probably would have had a two page typed note written out with every detail of his life narrated. Ha! I am enjoying being a little more relaxed and laid back!
We took him on his first road trip last week to Clarkston, WA to visit my moms side of the family. We wanted my grandparents to get to meet him! He was a PERFECT traveler!!! Literally! He slept maybe all but 30 minutes each way! So far he is our best traveler! Our car even ended up breaking down half way home which turned our 8 or 9 our drive into a 13.5 hour drive and he was still perfect.
He has stolen our hearts and like Madelynn keeps saying "he is ours forever." Love you little man!
