I have no idea how much he weighs or how tall he is, but he's still pretty hefty. He's in 9 month clothes, but can still wear some 6 month clothes.
He's doing well with eating solids. He has a hard time getting smaller food (puffs, yogurt melts, etc.) into his mouth, but has no problem jawing them whenever they make it in. He still loves his apples! I haven't tried bananas again, but he does okay with foods that have bananas in them. It takes him a while to finish those jars of baby food, but he eventually finishes them. He absolutely LOVES mum-mums - especially apple pumpkin flavor! He's drinking out of a sippy cup okay. He doesn't really like water, but I'm not giving him anything else in it - although I have thought about putting his breastmilk-formula combo in it, I just haven't because I don't want it to go to waste. He's still doing three 7 ounce bottles, with the occasion fourth bottle.
He now has one little tooth. I think the second one is on the way, but there's no telling. We've been waiting for this tooth since he was 4 months old. It's nuts! He is a terrible teether too. He won't sleep and he is super fussy and drooly. I ordered him an amber teething necklace and I'm still pretty skeptical about it. We'll see if it really works when the second tooth comes in. Maddie and Connor were awesome teethers so this is just another way of him telling me he's the third baby and is going to do things completely different from his brother and sister!
Sleep is nice when I get it. He went through a phase of waking up two times a night when his tooth came in. Then he was just fine and slept through the night - roughly 11 hours. Now he has terrible eczema on his feet. So, of course it itches all night long and you can't possibly sleep when it itches. Ughhhh!! Luckily we have the best pediatrician in the world, so we will be picking up some prescription ointment to put on it and will be on the mend soon -- I hope! He still naps really well. About 90 minutes in the morning and 3-4 hours in the afternoon.
He is still not crawling with his tummy off the floor (which I am totally okay with!). He can get wherever he wants doing his little inchworm/army crawl. I'm sure he isn't because I hardly put him on the floor. When he's on the floor, he gets trampled by his brother and sister. So, it's safer to be in the jumperoo or bumbo seat. He can pull up when I offer him my hands but hasn't tried to pull up on furniture -- again, I'm okay with this (I don't need another one to chase around right now before the holidays). He likes to scoot around on his bottom in the bathtub. It's hilarious and reminds me of Maddie when she was this age.
He loves to laugh at his brother and sister because they are so silly! He loves to jump in the jumperoo and he loves to be on my hip all day long. His favorite thing is to be in the front pack when we are in the store. He just bounces around and laughs the entire time. He can sit in the buggy, but when I have all three of them, it's easier to wear him and have Connor and Maddie in the double cart.
We recently had pictures made and this is the most accurate picture we have of the kids personalities. Connor absolutely adores his brother, Maddie is constantly loving on him with hugs and kisses, and Cooper just doesn't know what to think about it all.
And of course his monthly picture
