Month 10 & 11

Mason,
These last couple months have been pretty tough on you. You had an ear infection that just wouldn't go away lasting almost a month and a half. We were in and out of the doctor's office checking to see if your ears were getting any better and if they weren't we'd get new antibiotics to give you. You went through 4 different antibiotics before your ear infection finally went away. Some antibiotics were harder on you than others, they didn't agree with your stomach or they gave you diarrhea. This wasn't very much fun as your bum was red most of the time so needless to say we went through A LOT of butt cream. We were almost considering giving you tubes but luckily the fourth antibiotic worked!

On top of your ear infection you caught a stomach bug which caused you to throw-up in your crib twice the first night and once the second night. Both nights weren't any fun but the first night especially wasn't any fun. You woke up crying and I came in to check on you like we always do since you normally wake up once a night needing to be covered or wanting to be fed. So I didn't think anything of it until I leaned down and picked you up and felt a wet mess. I hurried and grabbed you and ran back to our room to get daddy, basically telling him I needed help. I got you in the tub while daddy changed the sheets. Then it was back to bed for everyone and not more than a half an hour later you threw up again and we went through all the motions again. We felt so bad for you and didn't know if it was a stomach bug or maybe your antibiotics for your ears weren't agreeing with you. But then you threw up again the next night and we definitely thought it was your antibiotics. So we called the doctor to see what he thought but said you would've thrown up closer to when we gave you the antibiotics and not in the middle of the night. Well then the next day daddy got hit with the stomach bug and then I got it. So it was confirmed it wasn't the antibiotics causing you to throw up but instead a stomach bug that had been going around.

But even after all of this you still had a lot of fun moments like hitting a big milestone...you are crawling! We missed the very first time as it happened while you were staying with Grandpa Dave and Grandma Terry while we were at a weekend getaway at Chico Hot Springs. I'm a little sad I missed it but glad you were with them when it happened because I know they enjoyed being there for it. They were super excited to call us with the news! But as soon as we got you guys back home I still got a video of you crawling for the first time with us. To see it click on this link - First Time Crawling.

You have six teeth now, four on the top and two on the bottom. So needless to say you aren't eating a whole lot of baby food anymore except the squeeze packets and those are more of a convenience that we stick in the diaper bag to have when we're on the go. You pretty much eat whatever we're eating though sometimes we have to give you something different if we know you're not going to eat it or if it's to spicy like tacos. You and your brother both aren't fans of tacos so we usually make you chicken and rice or something along those lines. You also eat regular meals at daycare and most of the time they say you eat really well though a couple times they had to give you baby food when you wouldn't eat their food. Some of your favorite foods right now are pancakes (just like your brother), graham crackers, pears, beans, and red pepper and zucchini goulash. You're still on formula but we only give it to you in a bottle when you first wake up in the morning and then when we put you down for naps and when you go to bed. Otherwise we give you formula or water in a sippy cup which you do really well with.

Your sleeping habits haven't changed much. You're still getting up once a night most nights needing to either be fed or covered with a blanket. You move around a lot so most of the time you uncover yourself and with how cold the nights have been my guess is that's why you've been waking up. So we'll see what happens with the warmer nights and if you'll sleep better. Daddy and I alternate nights who gets up with you so when it's his night or mine we never know if we get to sleep in or not or if we'll be getting some extra cuddles in with you.

Happy ten and eleven month birthday sweet little boy! You bring so much joy and happiness to our lives I really don't know what we'd do without you. We love you so much!

Love,
Momma

One more pic I couldn't resist posting. Your favorite thing to do right now is clap especially when we say "Yaaayy" and clap with you. You get really excited and smile and clap faster. It's so cute!