Celebrating Celebrity Baby Birthdays – Mason Wilkerson
Happy Birthday Mason! You are now 1 year old!!
Name: Mason Walter Wilkinson
Birthday: January 11th 2006
Birth stats: Two days after her due date, Melissa goes in to get induced. After 9 1/2 hours of labor and over two hours of pushing, docs tell Melissa, "One more push and you’re getting a C-section." Melissa says she was "deathly afraid of a C," so she says, "I push with all my might. It feels like the baby is lodged in my hips." After three hours of pushing, Mason is born, weighing in at 9 pounds and is 20.5" long.
Famous for: Being the first child of Sabrina star Melissa Joan Hart and her husband, Mark Wilkerson - but we’re also featuring him because he’s been a consistent favorite of CBB readers since his birth!
Name meaning: Mason is a name the couple just liked, while Walter is a family member.
Charity work: Mason and Melissa have been to several charity events. This photo is from the Children’s Defense Fund/Soulmate Diamonds event.
What they said:
They didn’t want to know the baby’s sex – at first. "Mark and I had them write down the sex results on the chart [in late August 2005]. [By September 20th], we were starting to get impatient. We drive to the doctor’s office, get the results in an envelope. We go to lunch and take our time to be sure we want to know. There’s a lot of power in that piece of paper! When we get home we sit down on the couch and I open the envelope. It’s a boy!"
Mason’s birth was tough; "He was a little stubborn [coming out], but all is well…Everyone is well and we are all relieved."
Two weeks into it, Melissa said motherhood is the hardest thing she’s ever done. She says, "This has been one of the hardest times of my life. The labor was so difficult, I am only now about to stand and walk up stairs without pain. The bonding, however, has come naturally. As I nurse him, I rub his temple with my pinkie. Now whenever he’s upset, he’s soothed by this temple massage.
I do get a little frustrated with breastfeeding. No one ever told me that it hurts so much – I’m sore all the time – or that the 2-3 hour feedings came around so quickly. People are amazed that we don’t have a nanny. But you know what? I didn’t have a baby to have him raised by somebody else."
He makes the cutest faces; Melissa just "loves the faces [Mason] makes…I could watch him forever."
Melissa says, "Life with Mason changes everyday, except in one way: Every day is always great."
Fashion and Gear:
Mason’s nursery is decked out in gear from Bellini
2005 limited edition Maclaren’s Quest by Kate Spade stroller – this particular one is no longer available, you can however purchase other Maclaren Quest strollers at Babystyle from $225
Jeep Liberty Urban Terrain Stroller ($120-160)
Pictures: (more in the extended post)
- Posted on Jan 11, 07 at 9:00AM
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January 11th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Happy 1 Birthday Mason
January 11th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Wow that went fast, he should be on the top cutest celeb babies he is so adorable.
January 11th, 2007 at 8:57 am
This baby is by far the most gorgeous little boy I have ever seen! (excluding my 3 nephews)!
January 11th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Mason is such a cute little boy! They seem like a really nice couple who love their son. And I love the dog’s expression in that family pic! =]
January 11th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Is she still friends with Britney? If not Britney should so give her a ring and get a few mommy-tips!
Melissa looks like she is doing a great job whith Mason and he is soooo cute!
Happy B-day Mason!!
January 11th, 2007 at 10:51 am
So cute! Happy Birthday sweetie!
January 11th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
That baby is sooo Adorable!!! I think he is my favorite celebrity baby!!
January 11th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
What a cutie! A year old already! The time sure does fly by.
January 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Happy Birthday Mason!
It is my daughter’s birthday as well. I remember while I was pregnant, following Melissa Joan’s pregnancy thru CBB and magazine articles. She was due a day before me, and we actually had our babies within 20 minutes of each other the same afternoon! The year has certainly flown by and Mason is just adorable.
January 11th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
By far one of the cutest babies I have ever seen!
January 11th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
He’s just a doll. And she looks great too. I love the photo of her in that red and white dress. He’s got the cocoa/blue outfit on. So hip!
January 11th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
He definatley is precious
January 11th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Wow…it doesn’t seem like a year since Mason was born. He is such a cute little boy! Happy 1st Birthday Mason!
January 11th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
He is a beautiful boy! So cute he got toted around in a Kate Spade stroller too!
January 11th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
cute is an understatment with this kid! Mindblowingly adorable should be it!
Maybe it’s kinda a bias for me though cuz just looking through these pics I realized that he looks startling similar to my older twin Tristan. o.O Except Mason is fair like his mommy and Trist is darker from being half Chinese.
January 11th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
I was due around the same time as Melissa. I can’t believe her little boy is one now. I can’t believe my little boy will be one in a week! Time really flies during the first year. I feel like I was pregnant longer than the baby has been with us.
Happy Birthday Mason!
January 11th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Hey, nice jacket on the Dad. Roll Tide!
January 12th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Happy birthday to one of my all time favorite celeb babies!!!
Hope we get to see more recent pictures of him soon!!
January 12th, 2007 at 3:06 am
Love this little boy. He’s just too precious.
Happy Birthday, Mason!