After eating solids for a couple of weeks, Adam and I decided to see if Cooper would sleep through from 7pm to 7am. I had been cutting back on his 10.30pm milk over a few nights, and we were delighted when Cooper slept through on the first night without that feed, on 1 February. He woke at around 6am for a 5 second cry, and then went back to sleep.
I can’t tell you how nice it is to have the option to go to bed early every night! Occasionally Cooper will wake up and talk or cry for a few seconds closer to wake-up time, but he goes back to sleep again until I wake him for his bottle.
At his six-month health check-up, Cooper weighed 8.4kg and was 70cm in length. When we saw cousin Alison at the start of the month, we were surprised to find out the she weighs a little more than him (8.7kg), but then again he is crawling and using so much more energy. I love watching the two of them together.
Adam and I took Cooper to the pools for the first time on the 9th. It was a cool day, and the water didn’t seem that warm, but Cooper seemed to enjoy his time in the baby pool with me while Adam took photos. It was so cute to see him on his belly on a floating noodle kicking his legs behind him as he does when he crawls. We can’t wait to take him again.
On Friday 13th I returned to work, as the Financial Controller of Enterprise Architects (Vic) Pty Ltd, located at the Rialto in Melbourne. I will be there for 3 days a week in the beginning, and then it should drop to 2 days a week. Cooper stays at home with Nanny for two days, and Adam is home with him for his rostered day off (RDO) on Tuesday’s, which is great. I miss Cooper so much when I work, and can't wait to get home to see him just before he goes to bed.
Cooper has finally mastered the Jolly Jumper, and it provides us with a few minutes relief at times when we want him to stay in one place. He has also discovered wheels, and will spend ages spinning the wheels on the pram when it is folded up. It’s so cute to see him spin the wheel, start to crawl away to something else, and then remembers that the wheel is there and returns to spin it some more. The toy xylophone is something that Cooper is particularly attracted to, but then again, anything that he can bang grabs his attention. I’m not sure if this is just a boy thing or not.
I can’t tell you how nice it is to have the option to go to bed early every night! Occasionally Cooper will wake up and talk or cry for a few seconds closer to wake-up time, but he goes back to sleep again until I wake him for his bottle.
At his six-month health check-up, Cooper weighed 8.4kg and was 70cm in length. When we saw cousin Alison at the start of the month, we were surprised to find out the she weighs a little more than him (8.7kg), but then again he is crawling and using so much more energy. I love watching the two of them together.
Adam and I took Cooper to the pools for the first time on the 9th. It was a cool day, and the water didn’t seem that warm, but Cooper seemed to enjoy his time in the baby pool with me while Adam took photos. It was so cute to see him on his belly on a floating noodle kicking his legs behind him as he does when he crawls. We can’t wait to take him again.
On Friday 13th I returned to work, as the Financial Controller of Enterprise Architects (Vic) Pty Ltd, located at the Rialto in Melbourne. I will be there for 3 days a week in the beginning, and then it should drop to 2 days a week. Cooper stays at home with Nanny for two days, and Adam is home with him for his rostered day off (RDO) on Tuesday’s, which is great. I miss Cooper so much when I work, and can't wait to get home to see him just before he goes to bed.
Cooper has finally mastered the Jolly Jumper, and it provides us with a few minutes relief at times when we want him to stay in one place. He has also discovered wheels, and will spend ages spinning the wheels on the pram when it is folded up. It’s so cute to see him spin the wheel, start to crawl away to something else, and then remembers that the wheel is there and returns to spin it some more. The toy xylophone is something that Cooper is particularly attracted to, but then again, anything that he can bang grabs his attention. I’m not sure if this is just a boy thing or not.
Cooper is still as smiley as ever, and will smile at most people until they smile back. There are some people that he takes exception to, and I haven’t worked out what it is about them that makes him cry. Our financial planner came and just wanted to make Cooper smile, but Cooper cried the entire time he was here. So strange!
He is starting to get more vocal too, and his favourite sound at the moment (aside from blurting), is something like "Owfff", which he does a lot of.
Towards the end of the month, Cooper started to crawl outside of the lounge room. Up until then he was content just crawling around the lounge, and we’re happy that we have doors on the lounge to keep him in when we want. I’m determined not to properly ‘child-proof’ the house, and am hoping that if we say ‘no’ enough and move Cooper away, that he’ll eventually learn to keep away from the wine rack and a vase that is sitting on a shelf near the kitchen. I’ll let you know how it goes.
