Lately

To Mason:
Soon you will be nine months old and that means big things for you. Only three months until your first birthday! I'm so excited to plan your party and celebrate the exciting year we've had. Lately we've been working on sleep...you have made yourself very comfortable sleeping between mommy and daddy on a nightly basis and it's time to begin the transition back to your bed. You take naps there, so let's start sleeping at night there as well. You are still crawling everywhere and cruising around the couch and using anything in your path to use as a handrail, including people. I'm starting to have some thoughts about weaning but I'm still debating on waiting until your first birthday. You recently cut four teeth within only a couple weeks of each other. All on the upper level. The last one just finished poking it's way through about a week ago. I'd say this is an impressive feat, cutting four simultaneously like that. Needless to say I cut you some slack with all of the whining and crying and let's not forget the nights where we would only get about 3-4 hours of sleep. I'm glad you are back to sleeping through the night but it would be nice if you could accomplish this task in your crib. Soon we will be moving to our new condo and I'm hoping that will be a jumping off point to your sleeping independently. Don't worry we will not let you cry it out and work yourself into hysterics. I will write again on your nine month day.
With all the love in the world,
Mama