1 Month! And Payback...

Happy 1 month to our little monkey!!  I can't believe a month has already passed since Mason came into our lives.  The days have flown by.  Good and bad, I wouldn't trade a single one of them and just hope they slow down just a bit.  No need for time to go thaaat quickly! 

In the past month, though, the little guy has given me (Allyson) what many people may call payback on behalf of my parents. Last night was no exception.  You see, for as long as I can remember, my parents have pointed out that I was a colicky baby.  I mean, I was a good kid...never did drugs, didn't get into trouble, never came home super late even when there was no curfew, just a good "afraid to get in too much trouble" kid. The one thing they had to hang over my head was that my baby could be colicky. When I was a baby I would scream from about 6 or 7 every night until 11 until about 3 months old.  I'm not a doctor, and our doctor hasn't actually diagnosed Mason has having colic, but last night he screamed from about 5:30pm (about the exact time his daddy got home from work) until 11, and this isn't the first time this has happened, although it has yet to be a nightly occurance.  At that point, I got out of bed and went and sat up with him (we were hoping he would fall asleep if we put him down, he seemed exhausted, but no such luck) until his midnight bottle.  So much for yesterday's post about his great schedule! The ironic part, we booked our tickets to Atlanta for Thanksgiving at 7pm at night.  Let's hope this isn't colic or else there will be a crowded Airtran flight from Branson to Atlanta in November that is not going to be very fond of our adorable little boy!

Now, to give you an idea of how loud his cries are, the kid has a set of lungs, Chris downloaded an app to his Iphone to check decibel levels.  His decibel level averaged about 100, which is equivelant to a DC10 at 300 feet on approach, a normal car or house stereo on maximum volume, or a snowmobile.  Another comparison - 120 decibels is considered "deafening."  Needless to say, this isn't a cute cry.  Good thing it's a cute baby who we know will outgrow this.  But there is nothing worse than your baby screaming and you can't figure out anything that will make him happy.  Here's to hoping its not colic and instead is a fussy baby who has had a few bad nights!

October 3 - 1 month old!  Getting so big so fast!