Between the White Lines: Cooper is 1 Month old (plus a week... and a half)

Well, Mr. Cooper is a whole month old (plus 10 days). This month was a very long month for us all. Trying to adjust to a new normal is proving to be a little difficult with three, but we are trying to manage. At his appointment on the 10th, he weighed in at 10lbs 15.5oz and 23inches long. He is extremely close to Connor's size at 1 month... Cooper is actually a quarter inch longer. I can't remember which percentile his weight was (maybe 79th??) but I do remember his height put him in the 94th percentile. He's super long!

I'm still pumping most of his feedings (4 or 5 bottles) and nursing 2 or 3 times in 24 hours. He's doing about 5 ounces in each bottle, except recently he isn't finishing them and leaving about an ounce. So maybe his little growth spurt is settling down and he only needs the 4 ounces again. So he's getting about 28-32 ounces in daily.

He is still wearing his 0-3 and 3 month clothes but may not be in them much longer. Like I said, he's super long. He is wearing size 1 diapers and has room for growth. He is wearing Luvs diapers. We were putting him in Target diapers because those have worked well with the other two. However, his skin was sticking to the diaper lining, and I read that when others had that problem they had to switch diapers. So far, so good.

He is another fantastic sleeper. He is now doing a 6-7 hour stretch at night. We put him down between 9 and 10 and he wakes up between 3:30 and 5. Then he wakes up 3-4 hours after that feeding. I cannot believe I am 3 for 3 with sleepers! Since he is doing this long stretch at night, we are planning on putting him in the crib sometime this week.

Not much going on developmentally since he's still so little and sleepy most of the time. He's beginning to stay awake for an hour at a time, but it's still not much. He's smiling some and beginning to coo some. He is holding his head up well, and I have even put him in the bumbo seat once. He did alright, but not great. He was only in it about 30 seconds before he had had enough of it. I haven't put him back in it since, but will begin to put him in it daily this week. He's beginning to tolerate being put down more and more each day. Most of the time he still wants me to rock him to sleep. I'm only successful about three times a day where I can put him in the swing or bouncy seat and he will fall asleep on his own. He's also starting to figure out that he is his own person and not attached to me anymore, so he's not as fussy when he's not near me. But, he does have his moments where all he wants it to cuddle. I wouldn't mind it so much if I didn't have Connor and Maddie, but we're making it work. They love to hold their baby and I try to let them hold him as much as he will let them. We're still working on personal space, but that has been the biggest challenge so far. It'll get better, I'm sure. But for now, we are still constantly reminding them (and sometimes demanding them) to leave him alone and to get out of his face.

Here are some pictures of Cooper since the last post.