After a long long time of trying to get Mason to drink out of a straw he finally did it on his own tonight! We've been trying on and off for about a month and more rigorously over the past 2 weeks. Thanks to all the family and friends who gave us suggestions! The things that worked for us were to let Mason play with a straw, watch us use straws and have him watch as we put his orange juice into a cup with a straw in it.
As we ate dinner tonight he saw the OJ go into his cup and without really any prompting from us he started using the straw! We both had to double take and look at each other to make sure, but then we gave him some encouragement and he did it again! We kept encouraging him and he kept doing it! Now we just have to hope he keeps it up!
Mason has recently been in a reading binge. He's always been into reading but for the past week he's really wanted to be read to and he likes to be read the same book multiple times! his 2 favorite books are
Mommy Loves Her Baby/Daddy Loves His Baby by Tara Jaye Morrow. You can find it Amazon.com, I randomly found this book on Amazon before Mason was born. It's a nice book that has something for Mums and Dads. You flip it over and read the story as the other parent. The most I've read Mason this book is 5 times in a row, different voices and rhythms, but he still doesn't get bored of it.
The other book he loves is one he got from his Auntie Kay and Uncle Richard. It's Cat Balloon by Paul Morgan. You can also get this on Amazon.com and the weird part is that our version which came from Australia has the author as Palo Morgan so I dunno if the Amazon changed his name to make him more acceptable to Americas?
