Mason- 2 months

Mason is 2 months!

He's not a newborn anymore, and it makes me kinda sad.

He's out of newborn clothes and he's growing up!

 BUT

we are finally starting to get to know each other.

I'm starting to understand  what he wants. We're getting into routines.

That's always nice.

He took me awhile to get used to since Jax was very different.

There are usually 3 reasons why Mason is crying:

1) He's hungry

2) He's poopy

3) He's tired and wants to be snuggled to sleep.

or

4) his colicky-ness (which is happening less and less)

I understood the first 2 things, but the 3rd thing was brand new to me. I didn't think he needed to be close to me to go to sleep. I assumed he was like Jax and well, like me too. I thought he wanted his space to fall asleep. no, this is not the case. He wants to be smashed into my chest, as close as physcially possible, sweaty and all, and snuggled. He wants his binky held in with one of my hands, and his bum patted with the other. The binky will fall out after a little bit and he doesn't care. The bum patting has to last a little longer. when he starts squirming and grunting, i resume the bum pat. sometimes, combined with everything else, i have to say SHH SHH SHH in his face to calm him down.

can we say high maintenance?

i know no other way though. Jax was and still is high maintenance. i've come to accept all my kids will be. And because of that, andrew swears he only wants one more... girl or not.

we'll see about that. i want a girl!

Mason has always done well at night. (knock on wood) He seems to understand for the most part , that we sleep at night and we stay up in the day. He sleeps for 3 hours at a time, then eats. I'm used to this with Jax. If he sleeps longer, I'm pleasantly surprised. See, its good to have a stinky horrible baby first. He only eats 3 oz usually, 4 if I'm lucky. Once he seals his lips shut and decides he doesn't want more, that's that.

He's getting to the point where he'll just lay on the floor on a blanket and kick around...and wait for it....NOT CRY! YAY! once again, i'm used to babies that need me 24/7. if mason gives me time to shower by not screaming the whole time, I'm very happy. If i can shower AND do the dishes in one day without a crying baby, then that's just plain amazing. He's getting better and better. 

Jax absolutely loves him. He gets really close in his face and says things like "what, what, what, baby mason, what" in a cute high baby talking voice. he also calls him things like boo-boo, sweet baby mason, sweetheart, cutie. Really, Jax is such a lover. He's never ever ever ever come even close to hurting him. infact, he's very protective of him. We went to the Dr and jax was horrified to go. He thought we were going there to put mason back in my belly. hahaha. Sometimes he doesn't wanna go places because he doesn't wanna "leave baby mason". he's so sweet with him. Its nice because i totally trust him with him. so i'll say "watch mason for a minute while i do this". Mason likes jax and watches him, but i think he gets annoyed with him when he gets all up in his face.

Mason used to not take naps. Now, with the right preparation (sweaty snuggles, holding binky in, bum pat) i and only I can get him to sleep for sometimes a long time. it's great BUT i'm the only one that can do this. andrew can't calm him down and make him sleep like i can. its nice feeling important and stuff, but man it would be nice to get a break and have andrew be able to do it. Mason is a momma's boy! Jax didn't care either way. he's more attached to me now than when he was a baby. Andrew and i were equal to him.

Mason SUCKS at taking a binky. He cannot hold it in himself. It makes me mad because binkies are wonderful things. I keep waiting for him to catch on to it, but no. we've tried all sorts of binkies but no. he loves to suck on things, but doesn't get how to keep the binky in his mouth. ugh, annoying.

Jaxon, for the most part is okay with Mason getting more attention. He's not acting super jealous like i was afraid of. sometimes, he's a stinker and fights me on everything. He is very clingy to me though. if i walk out of the room, he follows me. he cries when i leave somewhere, and insists on giving me lots of hugs and kisses. poor kid. But he plays with the neighbor girl & goes to preschool which really help keep him busy.

well theres a little update on the stinky boys.

this is mainly for me, so i can remember these things in the future. since i don't remember lots of details about jax.