The Norwood Family: 2013

Mason is at such a fun age now! He's becoming more independent, but still loves to snuggle with mom! I love what little time I have with him during the week but needless to say weekends are the best! I can't wait until I can spend every day with him!

I am happy to say that it will only be a few more months! I officially turned in my resignation yesterday! I will finish the school year then next year I will be staying home with our little man and babysitting sweet friends from church! We still have a few details to work out, but I have faith that it will all work out. I CAN'T WAIT!!

Measurements
These were taken at 6 months, one week. He is one BIG baby!

Height- 29.25 in (99%)
Weight- 22 lb 3.2 oz (98%)
Head circumference- 18.6 in (99.5%)

Clothes
He's growing like a week, so it feels like we're buying new clothes every couple of weeks! He is mostly in 12 month clothes now. Some 12 month things are getting tight!

Sleeping
He is down to only one nap most days at day care. He wears himself out during the day so he's starting to sleep through the night a lot more often now! Yay! Every couple of nights he'll still get up once to eat.

Eating
This boy loves his food! When it is something he really loves I can't get it in his mouth fast enough! He'll open his mouth real wide waiting and sometimes pull my hand towards his mouth. This month we had sweet potato, butternut squash, avacado, oatmeal cereal, and rice cereal.

I also gave him a puff since he did well with them before, but this time he started gagging on it! I had to get it out with my finger! Scariest moment so far! Needless to say, we'll be waiting a while before we try that again!

Likes

His bouncer!
Grabbing everything in sight and putting it straight in his mouth.
Eating!
He understands how to play more now. He will really get to laughing about the smallest things.

Dislikes

Being on his tummy. He'd much rather be sitting up or standing. We're really trying to force this though so he can start crawling. His ped. said he may be a little delayed since he is so big.
The baby bullet. He was in the kitchen with us when we used it once. It scared him so much that he lost it! Sad, but it was really funny!

Teeth
Still none! They've got to be coming soon!

Milestones

He can finally sit up without tumbling over!
We also had to get him a big boy car seat. He's already outgrown his carrier!
He also started eating in his high chair. He looks like such a big boy in it.

Dr. Appointments
We had one extra appointment this month. Poor baby had croup! He woke up in the middle of the night and sounded terrible. I took off work the next day to take him to the doctor. He took a liquid steroid to help with the swelling and it helped so much! He still had a little cough for the rest of the week, but then he was much better!

Favorite Pictures this Month

Hanging out with Reid, watching the Aggies! He was patting his knee in this pic. It was too cute!

So happy to be eating...

... but this is after we turned on the baby bullet! haha

First time in his big boy car seat

He got his little tykes license on his 7 month bday!

Loving his avacado

Shopping with dad at home depot

Daddy day care!

Our big boy!

Sunday funday with daddy!

I cannot believe he is already half a year old! I feel like I say this almost every post, but seriously, the time is flying by. He's really getting big now. Well, he's really been big all along, but I've even started getting comments when we're out in public. I took him to the mall New Year's Day and as we walked in a store a lady that worked there saw me pushing his stroller and came over to take a look at the cute little baby (as most women in public do, I've found) and I think she was kind of taken aback. All she could say was "wow, what a big baby!" Her face said more than her words. Granted, he was in his car seat which he had really outgrown (we have since bought a new one, don't worry) so he looked really big. It was quite funny. I'm glad I'm not easily offended, but some people really should keep there opinion to themselves. I know he's a big boy, but I just see it as more for me to love! Surely he'll trim up some once he is mobile. As squishy as he is, I still love every inch of him!

Measurements- We did our own again this month, so they may be a little off. We'll get official measurements at the end of the week :)

28 in (90%)
21.8 lbs (95%)
18 in head cir. (90%)

Clothes
He is mostly in 9 month clothes now, but some 12 month stuff is already fitting him, depending on the brand.

Sleeping
He takes little cat naps at daycare, but will take great naps at home (mostly because I spoil him and let him sleep on me!) He is still getting up at least once at night to eat. I'd love any advice on how to get him to sleep through the night!! I'm ready for a good nights sleep!

Eating

Dec 16th we tried apple sauce- he wouldn't swallow it, he just kind of spit it everywhere. He made a really funny face with this one!
Dec 29th he figured out how to swallow the food! He had some sweet potatoes at Granna and Big Daddy's and he really like it!
Dec 31st he ate a whole container of sweet potatoes.
We tried squash again and it was a hit too! He also tried a few puffs and did really well. I was just too scared he was going to gag on them.

I got a baby bullet for Christmas and making his food is much easier than I thought it would be! I'm so excited about making new foods for him, it's going to make baby food so much more affordable for us! Those little containers get expensive pretty quick, especially if you get the organic kind!

Likes

Loves to play in his bouncer. He's sitting up really well in it now and can jump in it a little bit.
Still LOVES to play with daddy! Matt can make him laugh more than anyone else.
I don't know if he loves it as much as Matt and I do, but he is really ticklish now. He really gets to laughing a lot!
Playing peek a boo! Matt will hide behind the recliner and pop up and say his name. Mason loves it! When Matt hides again, Mason starts to look around for him. It's the cutest! Maybe I can get a video of it soon!
He's beginning to understand how to play with toys more now. He knows he can shake some things to make them rattle.

Dislikes
Being woken up right after he gets in a deep sleep. He fell asleep on me one evening before I remembered to put his pj's on and he was not a happy camper when I tried to change him! This is really the only time he'll really cry. What can I say, the boy loves his sleep just like his mom and dad!

Teeth
Still none, but he is starting to chew on his toys and paci more now. He also had a low grade fever towards the end of the month. I'm assuming it was because he's teething because he didn't have any other symptoms. We'll see!

Milestones