Cooper Thomas: One Month

I can hardly believe our little Cooper is one month old today (and was 4 weeks on the 5th). His favorite past time is still nursing and sleeping (rough life huh?) but he is having some longer wake times on occasion. He still, 90% of the time, wants nothing to do with the pacifier. But big brother sure likes to find them and sneak away to use them! Our struggle right now is whenever he is awake he only seems to want to nurse, so we are fighting the battle of how do we keep him awake more without always wanting food. Hopefully this will go away in the next couple weeks. He's still waking up every 2-3 hours at night but is good about going back to sleep pretty quickly. Some fun things he has started to make some little baby sounds. He "smiles" more too but I'm not 100% sure they are legit smiles yet. We have also had some fluke roll-overs from his tummy to back. His legs are strong, just like big brother's were, and you can tell he's gaining strength in his neck. He is also starting to grasp objects. He is a noisy little baby and always grunts and moans in his sleep. Reid and I both agree he seems to be a bit more fussy than Carson was. I think he is a little gassier and spit's up more so it's just from being uncomfortable. But he still nurses well (despite a rough patch this past week) and we are about to graduate from newborn size diapers and our newborn clothes are getting a little tight and short. Since we didn't have a doctor's appointment, I did my best to measure and weigh him on our home scale. I'm happy to report he is approximately 9lbs and just shy of 21in long (we'll see how accurate this is when we go for our 2 month appt). My little boy is chunking up nicely!! Cooper has been on lots of adventures with big brother and he does great when we get out. He still isn't keen about getting in to the carseat, but he settles down and generally falls right to sleep.

Birth: 6lbs 11.1oz and 19.5in

Leaving Hospital: 6lbs 3.9oz

Five Days: 6lbs 10oz

Two Weeks: 7lbs 10.5oz and 20in
One Month: ~9lbs and 21in

Happy one month Cooper Thomas! We hope you enjoyed celebrating with your first hike in the mountains!!