One Month

Cooper, you are one month old today.

I know. I was surprised to realize it too.

At one month:
~You weigh a little over 10 pounds and are roughly 22 inches long.

~You consistently wake up between 2am and 3am for a bottle. Then you're up again around 6am. I'm pretty good with that. So long as during this next month you start making some adjustments to this schedule. It's hard going to bed at 11pm (because I wait until 10:30ish to give you one last bottle before going to bed myself) and then getting up 3 hours later. But thankfully you go back to sleep after this feeding, most of the time.

~The first two weeks you tricked me because you rarely spit up. I was falsely led to believe that I wasn't going to have to deal with reflux like I did with Garrett. But these past 2 weeks you've shown your true colors. I've taken to wearing ratty t-shirts all day so I don't ruin my good shirts. Daddy hasn't been so lucky.

~You are starting to show signs of having a temper. You have no idea how thrilled I am to discover this. Why do I think so? You have this high pitched shriek that you let loose whenever you're searching for your paci (like a chicken pecking the ground) and you can't find it. I love when this shriek occurs within inches of my ear.

~You despise having your clothes changed, don't love having your diaper changed, and get really irritated when you're hungry or sleepy. So far we've had little bouts of crying that don't have a reason behind them, but you definitely let us know when you're not happy about something.

~You love taking baths, seem to enjoy riding in the car, and tolerate the swing, activity mat, and bouncy seat for limited amounts of time. Unfortunately, due to the spitting up, I'm not able to use any of those very often because I have to keep you upright for atleast 30 minutes after eating. Seeing that you are usually ready for a nap only an hour after waking up, we've not been able to enjoy the baby equipment much, yet. But we'll get there. I can't wait for you to be holding your head up really well because then I can put you in the Bumbo seat during this time.

This picture is a little deceiving. It looks like you could sit in the Bumbo for a little while. But in reality, this
is really what happens when you're in that seat for any longer than 15 seconds. But we'll get there eventually.

I thought I would try to begin taking your picture sitting in your crib and I'll do this every month to see how you're growing.

This was the best I could get.

And lastly, here's a picture of Garrett when he was a month old. For comparison.