He is still wearing 3 month clothes, but will probably be in 6 month clothes soon. He is wearing size 1 diapers but could probably stand to be in size 2's. He still has pretty blue eyes and dark hair. Not to say that those won't change, but Connor and Maddie both had reddish hair at this point. We will see what happens.
I'm still pumping his feedings, and it's going great. He is up to six 6 ounce bottles, and sleeps an average of 9 hours (9 until 6-6:30-8:45). The past few days he hasn't finished each of his bottles and has gotten up an extra time after I put him to bed. I could either fight with him for a few hours, or I could spend the 15 minutes feeding him and going back to sleep. I choose sleep ;) He's only been taking in 3 ounces the first wake up and then again at 6:30, so I'm crossing my fingers that those wake-ups won't last too much longer. Not that I'm complaining about him sleeping that long stretch each night, but Connor and Maddie were both sleeping 12 hours at this point. But every baby is different. We do not have a night time routine down yet. Getting three kids bathed, dressed, and in bed asleep in a timely manner is extremely difficult when Cameron is not home. When he is home, it's easier but the kids just want to spend time with him, so they aren't in bed any earlier those nights. We're doing the best we can!
He's sleeping in a crib by himself. He's actually sleeping in Maddie's crib and Maddie is sleeping in his crib in Connor's room. I am going to try to switch them back soon before Cooper realizes he's in a different bed. The main thing will be keeping the mattresses the same. Maddie will be in a toddler bed soon, so it will be easier to have her in her own room while adjusting and then have Connor and Cooper in their room. It might would make bedtime a little easier. Now, we are waiting for Maddie to fall asleep before putting Connor down. It's going to take some trial and error to figure out what would be best for each of them.
He is awake a little bit longer throughout the day. His wake periods seem to be in the morning (which can be up to 2 hours!), around lunchtime for about 30 minutes, and early evening for almost 2 hours. He's a happy little guy as long as we have his medicine under control. He still takes one super long nap (about 3-4 hours) when Connor and Maddie are napping. So it's nice to have some quiet time each day.
He smiles really big and squeals every now and then. He looks for you when you call his name and he recognizes familiar voices. He tolerates tummy time (when I remember to do it... whoops!!) and he does extremely well in his bumbo seat. He loves his paci when he's sleepy and has no problem spitting it out when he wants to coo with you. He's going to be our tough guy... he really has no choice with the other two running around.
Here are a few pictures of him throughout the month. (sadly they are all iPhone pictures)
Connor wanted a picture of them together :)
I found a picture of Connor that was similar to this one of Cooper. It's fun to see how similar they look
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