Saturday, June 12, 2010

Cooper's 8 month Checkup

Posted by The James Family at 12:58 PM

Monday, June 7th, I took Cooper in for his sick checkup/ 8 month checkup. There was a little mix up and he shouldn't have had a checkup until 9 months. So unless he gets sick, we will not go back until October.

His wheezing was gone and he still had a little fluid on his ears but Dr. Pettit said it shouldn't be anything to worry about. He said everything looked great and will probably be a singer because he squeals louder and at a higher pitch than any child he has heard. He weighed 22 lbs and 10 oz. and was 28 inches long.

June 10th
It is funny how children like playing with things like Tupperware more than toys!
Dr. Petitt said we could start trying to wean Cooper from a bottle. We actually just started the bottle a couple of weeks ago when I weaned him from breastfeeding. I had some tests done and had to pump and dump for a few days because of it. As I was doing so my milk continued to get lower and lower. I was very upset but so many people in the family were happy because they got to feed him for the first time! Switching to the bottle was very easy but switching to the cup might be a little harder. He will drink about half of his milk from the cup and then I have to pour it into the bottle for him to finish. He likes the cup at first but then gets upset with it after a while. You can see in the is picture he is not happy with it :(

Cooper is a sweetheart. He is one of the happiest babies I have ever seen. He is very loving, too. He does new things all the time. On May 31st, he got his second tooth. On June 4th, he was watching tv and there was some music on, and he started "dancing". He was sitting and bouncing up and down. It was so cute. When he gets excited he was tighten up his arms, kick out his legs, shake his head back and forth, and squeal out. It is cute. He is rolling around everywhere and trying to crawl more and more. If you leave him in one place and leave the room, he might be in a totally different place when you get back. He isn't crawling but will scoot and wiggle over to where he is trying to get. It might take him a while sometimes but he will eventually get where he is trying to go. He is still saying "Dada" all the time. It is his favorite word. He has only said Mama three times. He will really tell you something though. He will just talk, talk, talk (saying all kinds of syllables). I thought he was going to be really quite since LG talks so much and he wouldn't have a chance to talk but it looks like he might be a talker, too. Cooper is wonderful and we are having so much fun with him in our lives! We look forward to many new milestones he meets and he continues to grow.

 

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