It's a Big World, Mason

Four months

Mason was born four months ago today. He came to us early due to complications in the pregnancy and we were worried about his development. The time for worry seems to be in the past as Mason has caught up in every way so far, very much exceeding our expectations. His height and weight are spot on, he is very vocal and expressive, he has opinions, likes, and dislikes, and he’ll be figuring out how to roll over any day now.

Right now his favorite game to play is turning himself sideways in bed to get closer to his stuffed animals. We’ll go to his room, see him between a couple of toys, and he’ll laugh like he’s just been caught doing something sneaky. Needless to say we’ve moved the toys out of his crib in one of many killjoy parental moves designed to keep him safe.

While he doesn’t understand the meaning of what he’s saying yet, he’s getting good at mimicry and babbling in baby language. His favorite words now are:

• Agoo. It means anything from “I’m good” to “I’m very happy right now” depending on how he says it. Nine times out of ten it is said with a big smile on his face.
• OK. This is mimicry of his parents who obviously say that word quite often. We’ll ask him, “Mason, are you OK?” to which he’ll respond, “OK!”
• Ee-gah. We have a picture of a bald eagle hanging in our living room. When I sit with Mason in the chair, him on my shoulder, he has a great view of it. He’ll sit and stare at it for as long as I’ll let him, smiling and babbling at it the entire time. We tell him often that it’s an eagle, and he mimics back “Ee-gah!” when we do. 
• Ooooohhh. It’s like he’s wanting to say, “Ooohh, shiny!” He says this phrase when he sees something he really likes. I think he picked that up from Lori.

I’m still trying to teach him to say “daddy”, “ruby”, and “meta programming” but for now I’m happy with his current progress.

12 December 2010 ·

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