10 Months - Double Digits

Weight: 13 1/2 lbs

Height: TBA

Clothing Size: Still 3-6 months. Will probably be in them for a little while.

Diaper Size: Cloth diapers - 2 - 3 snaps undone in the middle.

Feeding: No longer supplementing!!!!! We're just straight nursing and it's amazing. I feel a weight lifted off my shoulders. We we went for his 9 month appointment his Dr. was happy with his weight gain and said we could be done. I've stopped OCD tracking how many times he nurses a day and am just feeding on demand. 

Sleep: Our sleep regression continues. At night he wakes up about every 2 hours and usually ends up in bed with us. We've broken our good sleeper. During the day he takes 2-3 naps still mostly in the sling.

Milestones: Things are really starting to pick up. He's mastered sitting, only falls over here and there. He's learned how to clap his hand and will sometimes do it on demand. He's also mastered spinning in a circle on his belly.

Loves: Rolling, clapping his hands, music, wooden blocks, the pool and beach sand.

Dislikes: Sleeping in his crib, being left alone, long car rides and the ocean.

BLWing: He's eating 1-2 solids a day. He has loved pretty much everything we've given him. There are too many foods to list that he's tried. At this point he's had most of the high allergy foods with no issues. We've tried the sippy cup with water with not much luck. We'll keep trying though.

New Adventures: First professional sporting end, THE PLAYERS. Trip to Disney where we stayed in a hotel for a few days. First trip to the beach and first swim in the pool, both his kiddy pool at home at the big pool at Disney. We celebrated my first Mother's Day and also his first Memorial Day. Also, Cooper took his first boat ride at Disney, then got to experience a day on a sail boat. The sail boat was a first for the whole family. It was very exciting.

9 Months Old - My Little Wiggle Worm

Weight: 13ish lbs - still gaining - which is great.

Height: TBA

Clothing Size: Still 3-6 months. Will probably be in them for a little while.

Diaper Size: Cloth diapers - 2 - 3 snaps undone in the middle.

Feeding: 8ish times a day. Supplementing 5-7 oz a day of pumped milk with some extra fat (coconut oil) in it. Eats twice a night.

Sleep: For the past two weeks we've had a bit of some sleep regression. He's waking a ton at night, pretty much every 2 hours, and then having a hard time going back down. As for days he's still taking 2-3 nap, usually on me.

Milestones: Just in the past week he has gotten then hang of sitting. Each day he can go longer and longer on his own. Also, he's learned how to blow raspberries and it's so funny. Also, he reaches for food and toys so good now.

Loves: Rolling - everywhere. I can't leave him on a blanket and expect to find him on in the same place. He's also starting to love his Jumperoo. Beyond that, his new favorite thing is FOOD! This kid loves his meal times. He gets annoyed if we don't give him food right away. 

Dislikes: Not sleeping on me and getting his jammies on. I think that's about it. He's pretty happy these days.

BLWing: He's tried so many things this past month, it's been amazing to watch. The first few days he gagged a few times, but since that, wow, he's really gotten the hang of it. There has not been a thing that we've given him that he hasn't liked. He's tried a ton of veggies, fruits, meats, eggs and bread. His favorites have been pancakes, meat, summer squash and eggs. It has been so amazing to watch him learn and catch on.

New Adventures: First plane ride and a whole week away from home. We went to Philly to visit my Dad and it was awesome. Cooper did great on the plane and slept on both plane rides. He also got his second cold while we were there. First time in a high chair out at a restaurant as well as first time in a shopping cart at the store. Visited Dad's co-workers at work for Bring your Child to Work Day. Also, we participated in our first March for Babies walk for the March of Dimes. He's also spouted a ton on hair this month. Looks like we'll have a little blond guy.

8 Months (A Month Late)

Weight: 12.5 lbs - finally gaining!

Height: TBA

Clothing Size: Moved up to 3-6 months. Some sleeps are still a little long, and some onsies fit just right.

Diaper Size: Cloth diapers - 2 - 3 snaps undone in the middle.

Feeding: 8ish times a day. Supplementing 7-10 oz a day of pumped milk with some extra fat (coconut oil) in it. Eats twice a night.

Sleep: Still sleeping great - except we need to wake up 2 times a night. Some nights he wakes on his own, some not. 2-3 naps a day, generally on me. I've given up trying to get him to nap elsewhere. Too much work for such little sleep. He'll sleep and hour plus on me, so I'll take it.

Milestones: Ditched the swaddle (woohoo!!) and started eating solid foods - Baby Led Weaning style. First food was a green bean. He just kinda played with it. A few days later we gave him some banana and I think that's the first actually food he's swallowed. So far he's had green beans, pineapple, banana, pork chop, orange slices and applesauce. Also, he's learned how to scoot on his back. It's really funny to watch.

Loves: His thumb, naked time, baths, being worn in the ring sling, singing songs at My Gym and back scooting.

Dislikes: Not sleeping on me and getting his jammies on. I think that's about it. He's pretty happy these days.

New Adventures: Went on a road trip with me to Orlando to hang out with my Mom for a few days, a trip to Ikea, first St. Patricks Day and Easter and real food. Cooper also got his first cold this month, resulting in his first sick visit. Also, though, he got his last Synagis shot and officially survived his first RSV and Flu season. Also, first time playing at a playground and swinging in a swing.

7 Months Old - My Tiny Little Man

Weight: 11 lbs, 3 oz - with a diaper on. Weight gain is still an issue. I want to write a whole post on this whole topic, so more to come. 

Height: 24.5 Inces

Clothing Size: Still 0-3 months, but I'm bored with these clothes so I'm packing them up and moving on. Some will be too big but who cares.

Diaper Size: Cloth diapers - 2 - 3 snaps undone in the middle.

Feeding: He's nursing 8-10 times a day. I basically feed him whenever he seems hungry since I'm trying to bulk him up. We've started waking him at night to get in more feeds so he's eating 1-2 times a night.

Sleep: Well he would sleep 12 hours at night if we would let him, but we can't. But we wake him up and he goes right back down with no issues. Naps are still hard to come by. We packed up the swing this month so the crib, car seat or on me are our napping locations. I've gotten into the habit of him sleeping a lot in the sling, but honestly I really don't care. I love the snuggles and he sleeps so good on me. I'll take what I can get.

Milestones: Two big things happened this month: first, both arm are out of the swaddle and secondly he rolled back to belly. We kept waking up in the morning to both arms out of the swaddle so we figured we would just go with it. He did great, then two days later, during naked time, he rolled over. He's getting better and better each day getting the hang of rolling. It's so fun to watch.

Loves: His thumb, naked time, baths, being worn in the ring sling, music and hanging out in his high chair.

Dislikes: Being hungry, taking long naps in his crib and not being held or payed attention to. Notice tummy time is no longer on the list. Not that he's figured out the whole rolling thing he rolls right off the belly. Take that tummy time.

New Adventures: This month we joined My Gym, a children's gym. We went to a trial class and had a great time. We go to 1-2 classes a week and he loves the singing and the dancing. Also, at the end of the month we went down to West Palm Beach and Cooper got to meet his cousins and Aunts and Uncles. It was a great time.

A half a year - Cooper Man 6 Months

Weight: He's 10 lbs 13 oz. Almost to 11 lbs. Still the same weight as last month. I'm a little worried that he didn't gain anything this month. We're seeing his Dr. in a week so we'll see what they say then.

Height: TBD

Clothing Size: He's wearing 0-3 months exclusively. Still wearing 0-3 months. Some brands are getting short on him though. I think he 3-6 month onsies would fit, but not sleepers. The cloth diapers bulk him up some.

Diaper Size: Cloth diapers - 2 - 3 snaps undone in the middle.

Feeding: He's been nursing 6-7 times per day. I think we had some hind/foremilk imbalance issues for most of the month - hence the no weight gain. I think I've got that worked out now though. He usually takes both sides at each feeding and is overall eating real good.

Sleep: Right after the first of the month he randomly just started sleeping 11-12 hours per night. It was really amazing. Maybe once a week he'll get up once or so. Sometimes he wakes up before 7 am and we treat that as a middle of the night situation so we put him right back down again. His nap have gotten a lot less shorter now that's he's sleeping better at night. For a few weeks we would only nap on me. Now I'm getting him to take naps in the stroller or in the swing again, but still much shorter. I was getting worried that he wasn't getting enough sleep during the day so I started really tracking things, but he was consistently getting 15ish hours per day. So right on target. He's currently sleeping with one arm out of the swaddle. We tried one night with both and it was awful. We'll try again maybe in this next month.

Milestones: His big thing this month has been finding his thumb. He's officially a thumb sucker and will hardly take the paci anymore. His head control is really really great and he been practicing sitting much more. I like to sit in his high chair and Bumbo. I put him on the floor the other day he he sat with the Boppy around him for like 1 second. I'm looking forward to getting him to sit up. Also, he's so close to rolling back to belly. Just needs to get his big ole head over. Also, he's gotten really good at holding things.

Loves: His thumb, naked time, baths, being worn in the ring sling, his football o-ball and being outside.  

Dislikes: Tummy time, the 6 o'clock hour each night, taking long naps not being held and being unswaddled.

New Adventures: Another trip to Orlando to stay at Monie and Grandpa's, lot so walks with some new mommy friends, playing in his jumperoo for the first time, breakfast in his high chair with Mommy each morning, first bubble bath and lunch dates with friends.