Monthly Update

I'm barely squeezing this month's update into this month. Waaaay late on getting Griffin's chair photos. If you know him, you know how hard it is to get him to sit still. Honestly, it's also hard to catch him not filthy or naked. 

I'll start with Cooper like before, he's the one changing by the minute.

Height: 23 3/4 in
Weight: 12lbs 5 oz
Clothing size: 3-6 months
Diaper size: moving into Size 2

The rice cereal mixed in his bottles continues to keep him from vomiting. I'm hopeful that he's gaining weight at a faster rate so that his pediatrician will be happy. 

He is a favorite at daycare. Sorry if this is repetitive, but he has been referred to as "their best baby" many times. That is a relief since he was not a very good baby in the beginning and I was nervous about him starting daycare. 

He slept from 9pm to 6am last night. The night before, he got up twice. The night before that, he woke up once. It's really not too bad and he has always just been interested in eating then going back to sleep. 

I know that we are not scheduling Cooper's activities like we did Griffin's. I'm making more of an effort to get him lots of tummy time, reading books, and all the things that I could probably find a notebook of charts from when Griffin was a baby. Cooper is rolling to his side fairly well and enjoys sitting in the bumbo seat.

 

Griffin has even more funny phrases lately. He speaks in terms of things either being a "good idea" or "not a good idea". The things he wants to do are never the latter. He has gone from saying naughty words, to being the bad word police. "Don't say that!" when he hears them, so that has been nice. I have also recently realized that he actually says "gotfor" instead of "forgot". It's cute but we are working to correct that. 

I'm not sure about his height and weight. 
He hasn't had a potty accident in a long time.
He VERY RARELY wakes up in the night. 
He is extremely independent and wild and stubborn and strong-willed.
When Drew or I leave him, put him to bed, any kind of goodbye/goodnight.....he always needs a hug and a kiss, and an exchange of "I love yous". That makes up for all the rowdiness.

Monthly Update

Life is good as a family of four. It has been really challenging at times, but my maternity leave is just about over so I'm soaking up every minute possible. 

Cooper is "sleeping through the night" by most definitions. When he goes to sleep around 10pm he will often not wake up for a feeding until 6am or so. He can go 5 hour stretches regularly, and that is a good amount of sleep to me. 

Although I don't have a ton of pictures yet, he is very smiley. My heart melts when he sees my face and coos. Drew says it's just a matter of time before he's a daddy's boy like Griffin. We'll see!

Weight: 12 lbs - 49th percentile
Height: 23 1/2" - 64th percentile
Head: 39 1/2 cm - 31st percentile
Diaper size: 1
Clothing size: 0-3 or 3 months

Mr. Griffin is quite a character. He likes to "tattle" now. For example, "Mommy's being mean to me!" is a favorite phrase. He also has become somewhat of a liar. When he doesn't get his way, he generally says, "(Insert name) said I could!" 

He hasn't had a daytime potty accident in quite some time, and the occasional night time bedwetting is usually predictable and our fault.

He is still an awesome big brother.

And here's a summary of photos from my phone from the last month: