5 Months of Mason

• He's a social butterfly, if ever I've seen one. You can't leave this guy alone. He's devastated if no one is making eye contact with him. Because he's so cute, he usually has someone interacting with him, but when it's just me juggling two kids (and life) it's hard to keep him happy.
• Started solid food on March 17 after weeks of begging us for food. Even after he eats his food, he lunges after anything and everything we put near our mouths.
• Started with rice cereal mixed with formula (laziness on my part), then peas, prunes (out of necessity), peaches and squash.
• Discovered his hands and feet and can usually be found looking at one of them.
• He has the hang of pulling his binky out of his mouth, and can even make it into his mouth at times, but it gets pulled straight out again.
• No longer tolerates being on his stomach - the weight of his rather large head causes him to roll to the right every time.
• Still not sleeping through the night - Grr.
• Sleeps best when cuddled, so I've had him in bed with me for more than a week. It's sweet but I'm exhausted!
• Slept in his crib the whole night (aside from eating twice) for the first time on April 6th. Should have happened a long time ago.
• Still hanging on to that darling dimple, which explains why he's still alive.

Mason Moments

I have to admit to struggling lately. I have a new calling at church and there are increasing demands on my time. I feel like I blinked and Mason is a baby. Not a newborn, not even an infant, but a baby. And with his newness went my excuse for being flaky, forgetful and, generally speaking, a mess. Perhaps it's because he still isn't sleeping through the night. (No, I'm not bitter at all.) I can't believe he is almost 6 months old. I thought I was prepared for it to fly by, but you can't be. Yes, he's interacting more and is getting more and more entertaining, but I am a rare mother who enjoys the newborn phase. I've had two really good, easily pleased newborns, so I suppose that's why. Their needs were so simple - they're either hungry, tired or need their bum changed for the most part. He's getting more and more complex and more and more of a mama's boy, which makes life hard for Daddy when he's the one putting him to bed most nights during the week. I miss my brand new baby but am excited to see what kind of a little man Mason will become. Unless he doesn't start sleeping more, and then he may not make it.