Cohen Month 4 Update

We are officially 1/3 of the way through the first year. It has gone so quick if I sit and think about it. We are done with what they call the "4th trimester" and with Cohen that is very exciting. He has been much more of a typical baby than Sevea was. Sevea just wasn't a ton of work ever. Within this past week I can see more and more that Cohen is starting to need less and be content more. Don't get me wrong I still feel very blessed to have had a healthy and happy baby but he just wasn't AS happy as Sevea. He most definitely had moments almost daily of having to be held. Nothing else would calm him. If I didn't have a teething Grayson or a toddler with an earache to comfort or three other preschoolers to care for this wouldn't have been an issue. Cuddle time sign me up but of course he always choose the most inopportune times. Like I said he is what I would call a normal baby but after having such an easy experience with Sevea it is hard to not expect more.

Babies constantly keep us on our toes with ever changing schedules but this month proved to be pretty easy in that respect. Cohen continued to follow a natural schedule of eating between 2.5-3 hours during the day and napping after 1.5 hours of waking. Some of his crabbiness was at times due to wanting more sleep. He would surprise us constantly with how much sleep he would want. At times he would awake from a nap and not want to do anything but be held. We thought at first he was just crabby but learned he actually wanted to be put back to sleep. We've fallen into a bedtime of 7:00 or so and he will sleep till 6:30-7:00. Recently we have loved his decision to wake up just once somewhere between 4 and 5. Keep this up buddy!!

All the crabby moments surely can be quickly forgotten when you get big smiles and that first giggle. This month we loved this the most. It has been pretty easy compared to Sevea to get Cohen to smile. This month we also got to hear his first little giggle. Troy was able to get a good round of laughter out of him along with his first belly laugh within the past two weeks as well. What a joyous sound that is.

His stats: Weight is surely not a problem for him. He weighed in at 14lbs and 10oz which is 45%. His length took a nose dive which isn't surprising since he is our kid after all. Length was 23 3/4 inches putting him at 11%. Comparing to Sevea: 13lbs 4oz and 23 1/2 inches.

Until next month!

When he drinks a bottle he is in love with holding it...or trying. He always has his hands on the bottle if you let him.

Starting to arch his back to see things. Although no sign of rolling from his back to tummy in the near future.

He does pretty well with tummy time at the right time. He doesn't consistently roll from tummy to back over but has done it again this month.

Learning lots while daddy works from home. One of "those" moments I was glad to have an extra hand or lap :)

He has enjoyed the view he gets from sitting in the bumbo.

Look who found his thumb. He still loves to suck on his hands.