In my last post, I commented how Mason is a good baby who doesn't cry often. Well, I jinxed myself. He cries A LOT! I'm talking, all the time people. You hear of babies with colic, but you don't think it could be THAT bad...it is. Poor baby has reflux, which increases his colic, which increases mommy and daddy's frustration. We talked to the pediatrician about it, and have tried two different medicines. The medicine Mason is on now seems to help, but we still have one or two horrible feedings a day. And this makes breast feeding sooooo much fun ::sarcastically::. But, despite the crying, he is gaining weight (12 pounds now, my little porker). Mason also doesn't sleep a whole lot. During the day he takes one good nap, but he is pretty alert the rest of the day. We fill our days with tummy time, activity mats, stories, bouncer seats, etc. You name it, we pretty much do it. He is a very active baby, and likes to be entertained all day long.
Mason is also getting better at holding his head up. It's a big head, so it's a lot of work, but those muscles are certainly getting strong. In fact, he rolled himself over for the first time at five weeks old, and rolled himself over again last night. I think the size of his head helped will him over, but he did it nonetheless. He has also been smiling and gripping onto things! I'm so exciting to see him hitting all of these milestones.
We have also started going to a mommy and me group offered through Kaiser. It is great meeting with other moms, and getting suggestions for the reflux issues we've been having. Mason is one of the younger babies there, yet he is bigger than some of the three month olds. I'm going to be a buff mom!
Well, that's the update from here. And just 'cause he's sooo cute, here are some pics of our precious baby boy! I love the picture of him smiling, and I only had to take about 500 shots to get it!
