Yes, Mason has been home 6 months! Yesterday was the 6 month mark. I can't believe how fast the time has gone and how much progress he has made! I just look at him in amazement. He has accomplished so much in such a short time.
Not much has happened in this past week as far as appointments go. Yesterday Mason had his monthly RSV shot. When he was weighed, he was just 4 ounces away from 15 pounds! I think the weight may have been a little deceiving though. Mason hadn't "gone" in a couple of days (if you know what I mean) and when he got home he "went". I was at the dentist, so Dad got the honors of changing that diaper. Lets just say that we don't think he weighs as much after that :)
Last Friday Mason had a hearing test. Everything is within normal range which is good news. His doc will continue to check him every 6 months until he is 4 years old.
Physical Therapy has been going pretty well. Our therapist was extremely happy when she came out on Monday. She hadn't seen him for two weeks and was really happy with his progress. Mason is starting to get to know her better so he spends less time crying because of his stranger fear. He doesn't mind playing with her, but still does not like to be touched or moved by her. Mason is now fighting when he is on his belly. This is great because he is showing that he is motivated to move and flip over. Prior to this, Mason would just lay and cry when he was put on his belly. He is also doing great with sitting. He can balance pretty good when I give him a little bit of help. His legs have made wonderful improvement. He can now grab them and play with his feet completely on his own. It is now one of his favorite things to do when he is having his diaper changed. The last thing to work on is to get him to spread his legs out which he is starting to do. Every day we have him straddle a bouncy ball and we bounce to "3 little monkeys". We are also concentrating on his arms. They are still pretty stiff and he is not yet able to use them to help himself balance when he starts to fall over when sitting. The bouncy ball is also helping him to learn balance and loosen his arms.
Feeding is still a bit of an issue. Mason doesn't seem very motivated to eat lately. We have been trying to give him different tastes of more flavorful food. We think that he may be tired of baby food flavors. We have started to give him some Stage 2 foods that combine flavors and our Early On therapist is going to bring us a baby food grinder so that he can taste what we are eating. Last week he ate some avacado and some ranch dressing and seemed to enjoy both. We also found him a sippy cup that he does not have to suck, but is still spillproof. All he has to do is "munch" on the spout and liquid comes out. He does pretty well with picking it up and tipping it himself, but is still not fond of liquid in his mouth. We will use it every day in hopes that he will get more and more used to it.
Mason has become quite the dinnertime personality. Here is a clip of him having some fun!
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