Author Archives: Mason Shoma

Man, parents can be kind of obsessive sometimes. Not only are they always staring at me and fawning over me, they go nuts whenever I do something new. I mean absolutely NUTS! So you may have seen that I flashed a few smiles earlier. Now Mommy and Daddy go crazy trying to get me toContinue reading “Trying to get me to smile”

I have not quite mastered putting myself to sleep. Wait, okay, let me be honest. I’m not even close to being able to put myself to sleep. I don’t know how grownups do it. What do you do? Just lie down, close your eyes and go to sleep? How? It just doesn’t work for me.Continue reading “Kicking to sleep”

Happy Father’s Day, Daddy! And happy father’s day to all the daddies out there! If you are like my Daddy, you must love your children more than anything in the world! Please take the time today to thank them for everything they do for you. I’m definitely going to thank Daddy with pudgy hugs andContinue reading “Happy Father’s Day!”

Aaaaahhh! Aaah… Oh, that’s nice!

Mommy’s friend sent us her baby carrier and it has been a god send. As you know, I’m a big baby and carrying me for a long time puts a lot of strain on Mommy and Daddy. Daddy likes to carry me sideways in the sling, but it is hard for Mommy to do becauseContinue reading “Baby carrier”

For the most part I am a very good baby. I think one of the reasons I am a good baby is because of good communication. I let Mommy and Daddy know how I feel and they can deal with the situation. For instance, here I am efficiently communicating to Mommy and Daddy that IContinue reading “Good communication”

Just Mommy and me after dinner. Both full and happy!

When your are born, there is a lot of paperwork. You are a human being who wasn’t here in this world before, but now you are. Part of that process is making an ID card. Here in Japan it is called a MyNumber Card. Like with all ID photos, I was instructed not to smile.Continue reading “ID Photos”

I think my eyesight is getting better. I can see a little clearer and a little farther. I’m starting recognize faces and spend a lot of time studying them. I have to remember who everyone is. I know this face. This is the guy with the scratchy face and does not breast feed me. ButContinue reading “Studying faces”

Recently we’ve been trying to go out every day. Sometimes we go grocery shopping, and sometimes we just go for a walk around the neighborhood. Like the car seat, I’m pretty happy in my stroller. We found out that I like the vibrations of the sidewalk. A couple times when we used the stroller inContinue reading “Going for a walk”

It’s hard to believe that I can make both of these faces. They are both me, but very different sides of me. Naturally, I prefer the right picture, but I can’t always control how I feel. We see the left side picture several times a day. I have to be careful, though. When I cryContinue reading “Same face”

I’m just working on the blog with Daddy. I have really good photographers who take ton of pictures and give me a lot of material to work with. Sometimes they take too many pictures. I mean, how many pictures do we need of me just laying around staring off into space? Okay, just one more.

When I lie on top of Daddy on my belly, I forage around for a good comfortable spot. Often that spot has my face right in Daddy’s armpit, erm…I mean arm nook. Mommy thinks it’s kind of gross but I find it soothing.

Recently, I have not been as colicky as before, but sometimes I just start crying uncontrollably. It is strange. After some rocking and soothing I tend to calm down, but these crying fits happen quickly and aggressively.

I’m still working on my tummy time. It is not easy, but I am working hard. You can see the effort on my face. And then you can see when I hit my limit.

I’m not sure what’s going on. I have a fresh diaper, I’ve been fed, Mommy and Daddy are here, I’m just not in a good mood. It happens sometimes. I just have to get it out of my system by crying, rocking, and squirming, then I’m usually better after.

We’ve been running errands here and there, usually to pick up things for me. By the way, you’d be surprised at the rate I’m burning through diapers. I’m only 5 weeks old and I think we went through four packs already. That’s like a hundred diapers. Anyway, sometimes we walk to the store, but onContinue reading “Easy rider”

It may look painful, awkward, or contorted, but this is comfortable to me. It’s a good thing I’m very flexible.