more on mason

i have so many notes on mason that he needed his own post again.


- mason likes to open and close the washer and dryer doors. i can often find him just hanging out in there. he is clapping in the picture because he just closed the washer door. (the picture is pre-hair cut on saturday.)

- i have been trying to pay attention to the sounds that mason 'says' because he 'talks' almost all the time and i know that 'words' are coming soon. there have been several times in the past week where it seems like he is saying actual words. here are the ones i heard: "shoe", "banana", "more", and "downstairs".

- mason is really good at following commands (with the exception of "no" and "stop"). when i tell him to come to his room and get a diaper he follows me or leads the way to his room. then he lays down on the floor for me to change his diaper - not that he always stays there for long. i have found that putting the box of wipes on his belly and asking him to hand them to me keeps him still long enough for me to get the job done without a struggle. he hands me wipes one at a time and waits patiently for me to take the next one offered.

- mason seems to prefer zebras; at the zoo and in books/pictures.

- he now has both top, one-year molars. upper left on 8/5 and upper right on 8/7. one more eyetooth and the top will be done - for now. he has been all boogers and drool for the past week. it seems like there is always something dripping from his face that i am wiping up with a tissue.

- mason is officially a one nap kid. we have been moving him towards one nap since around 9 months when he was getting up at 4 and 5 in the morning. he would go a few days with one nap and then demand a day or two with two naps. overall, he was flexible about what we needed from him, two or one. but this week he has started counting a twenty minute snooze in the car as his nap - for the day. this has made for an interesting schedule and a lot less downtime (as in none) for me until they are both in bed at night. and he has started to get up super early again - as in 5:45am. i don't think that this has anything to do with the bed change because he was initially sleeping later, but i am hoping that it has more to do with his rapid teething and will end soon.

- i keep forgetting to mention this because it is just part of what makes mason, mason and i take it for granted. mason always leans back. if he stands next to the couch, he leans his head back. if he sits on your lap, he throws his head back. if he thinks something behind him will catch him, he leans (or throws) himself backwards. he is just very trusting. and falls down a lot.

that covers my notes for now. love.