3 Months

The most recent picture I have on the computer. This was taken at Garrett's birthday party 2 weeks ago.

Next week is going to be a hectic week for me, so I thought I should take advantage of a spare moment right now and go ahead and record Cooper's 3 month post.

Yes, he will be 3 months old one week from today. Awesome! We are getting closer and closer to the "fun age". He's basically fun now, just not quite to the point of independent playtime. I love it when they're able to sit up and play with toys and I even love it when they can crawl. Yes they get into EVERYTHING, but it's such a fun age. They're active, but not throwing tantrums yet.

Cooper at 3 months (or almost):

-Sleeping 11 hours at night (!). He still wakes up once a couple of times a week for his pacifier or because he's rolled over and can't roll back the other way yet, but I'm ok with getting up for these things. He typically goes right back to sleep. It doesn't always work that way for me though...

-Just today, we've switched to a 4 hour feeding schedule because he wasn't finishing his bottles at every 3 hours, and a 3 1/2 hour schedule doesn't work for the bedtime that he has. The new feeding schedule went really well, so I'm in hopes it will continue to work.

-He's started sitting in the Jumperoo for periods of time during the day. At first, he didn't like the instability of it in comparison to the Exersaucer, but now I think he actually likes it more. He doesn't jump any yet, but he likes sitting there and playing with the toys.

-He's starting to grab at toys and attempting to play with the toys on his baby equipment. It's really cute to watch.

-I've moved his carseat so that he now sits by the window with a space between him and Garrett. He seems to be a lot happier there.

-In a few weeks we will start baby food! I think he's ready for this. He watches us really closely when we eat and he holds his head up really well and sits well in the Bumbo seat.

-He loves to laugh. If we sound remotely as if we are laughing or are about to laugh, he will crack up. (Provided he's in the mood to do so of course).

-I'm still figuring out a napping schedule. That's a bit of a frustration for me because he seems to require more sleep than Garrett did at this age and he's really cranky if he doesn't get it. So I'm working through this to figure out how often he needs to nap and for how long without affecting his nighttime sleep.

I feel like an extremely boring person at the moment. But kids are my life for this season. Hopefully I'll get back to writing some psuedo-interesting posts again, until then, this is all I got.