This post is late as well, I'm so behind on blogging! Cooper had his 4 month appointment and here are his stats:
*Weight: 14lbs 7oz - 39%
*Height: 25.25" - 62%
*Head: 16.75" - 57%
So at 2 months, he was short and fat, now he is tall and skinny haha! Everything looks good and he's growing along with his curve. He is still 100% breastfed, and we probably won't introduce cereal until 5 months or so. He goes to bed about 7-7:30, and sleeps til 6am...and wakes up multiple times a night lol. So not really sleeping through the night.
His sleep has gone to crap, I wasn't sure what the deal was...until yesterday. Basically, right before he turned 4 months, he would wake up 1-3 times a night and need a paci pop-in. He also nursed once a night.
Then one day, just a few days older than 4 months, he decided to really sleep horrible. I thought the paci pop-in was bad, but yeah...that was glorious compared to what I encountered for approximately 10 days. So for 10ish days, he would wake up, on average, about 5-6 times a night. In the beginning, it was he just wanted to be rocked, so you would pick him up, and before even making it to the rocking chair, he was out. Thennn, a couple of days later came the hard nights. We had about 5 days in a row, him up 5-6 times a night, and he would scream and cry, not want to be held, not want to be nursed, not want to be in the crib, nothing. He would just fight fight fight. At this point, I was nursing around twice a night - I'm supposed to be weaning off that night time feed, and yep...I'm regressing haha! But, whatever comforted him, I was going to do because I need him to sleep and for me to get sleep.
Somewhere in there, about a week ago actually, we decided to move him from the Rock N Play to the crib. I figured if I was up all hours in the night, I might as well move him to the crib right? Well, it was a smooth transition...in that, he didn't wake up more...but he didn't wake up less either :) We put him in a wedge thingy to help him transition, I figured he'd want to feel snuggly like the RNP made him feel. Looking back, I wonder if he hated that. Because a few nights ago, on day like 10 of screamy cries, I threw the wedge out. I put him in the crib, and let him sleep and roll around everywhere. He slept better - not sure if that's the reason, or what! But then..the next day or so, that's when we figured out he might be teething! When he got home from daycare yesterday, we looked, and sure enough, it looks like one of his lower (left, his right) tooth is coming through. OMG...so much makes sense now!! Bless his heart! He's been in pain at night possibly?!! It's just crazy cause he's not fussy during the day really (until today, when I now know the issue haha) - so I never questioned teething. So anywho, our 4.5 month old now has a tooth coming up, and sleeps in the crib. Last 2 nights, he has only woken 1-2 times, so we're going back to normal finally :)
Some Cooper facts:
*wears 3-6 month clothing
*wears size 2 diapers
*can roll over
*eats his hands and anything that he can grab
*grabs and reaches for items you hand to him
*giggles, talks, and coos a lot
*can touch his toes to his mouth ;)
*scoots around on his tummy
*sucks his hands when he can't find his paci
*has books read to him before bedtime now...if he isn't too fussy
Cooper - you're growing up way too fast baby! Momma and Daddy love you so much, and you brighten our day each and everyday <3 We are truly blessed!
(this is his sweet face)
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