Mason is such a sweet little boy! He waves hello and good bye and claps on cue. He is walking all over the house with his walker and when he runs into a wall, he keeps pushing like somehow he will be able to move the wall. It's so adorable. He is definitely more independent now. He doesn't like for anyone to hold his bottle, and he always wants to be on the floor (so he can get into everything!).
This past week I have noticed also that he has "attitude" when I take away something he shouldn't be playing with, like my cell phone. He used to not care and would move on the next toy, but oh no, he is definitely putting up a fight these days...by screaming at the top of his lungs. I am hoping this phase passes soon.
He still isn't back to eating his normal solids. To make a long story short, he had low iron levels so the nurse told me to give him iron with his food. BAD IDEA. Now he associates yucky taste with his solids...but we were doing as the nurse told us. We had to take Mason to the Dr. for yet another ear infection and the Dr. said that we should have never given him iron in his food. To put it mildly, I was SO mad! The Dr. and the nurse should have been on the same page!! He used to be the best eater, and he would eat anything I would put in front of him. Now, it's takes us holding his hands down so we can even get the spoon in his mouth so he knows it's not yucky iron. I have made the executive decision as his mom to stop giving him iron...he needs to eat solids again and enjoy them! So needless to say, his progression into eating table food has not been going well at all. We hope this month we will see great improvement.
Mason adores his daycare and is moving up to the next classroom where his best friend Abby is. Although we are sad that he is leaving such great teachers, we are excited that he will be advancing and learning new things in his next classroom. Mason loves his Rovie dog more than anything, and squeals with delight anytime Rovie is around. He also still loves doing anything outside related, so we spend a lot of time in the nature, especially watching daddy work on the yard! :-)
On a side note, I am planning his first birthday party. I can't believe how fast this is all going...I am not ready for him to go to college yet....
