As of today, Cooper has been home from the NICU for one month! As I suspected, time goes waaaaay too fast at home. This last month has been amazing, and we feel so grateful to have our boy home with us!
Today we had Cooper's 4 month (1 month adjusted) pediatrician visit. Cooper had his circumcision and four month shots today, and handled both amazingly. He is a brave boy... he only briefly cried when he had the shots. His blood pressure was totally normal (he's still taking the blood pressure med twice a day) and he gained half a pound since last week. He now weighs 9 pounds 1 ounce. His length today was 21 1/4 inches. With his adjusted age (1 month) Cooper is 50 percentile for weight and height!
Cooper loves to be held and snuggled all the time, and we can't get enough of his cuddles. He is learning to grab things and is getting better at eye contact and following objects with his eyes. We do tummy time every day, and Cooper's neck is getting incredibly strong! Most of the time when we have him on our chest he arches his neck back and holds his head up. He is incredibly mellow, and is only upset when he's hungry.
He's becoming a good little eater, and now takes about 18 ounces a day with the bottle! He wasn't gaining enough weight when I was doing pumped milk and bottles combined with nursing a few times a day (because we have to add formula for extra calories to the milk I pump) so right now I'm exclusively pumping and Cooper takes bottles for all of his feeds. I could write an entire other post about pumping and my love/hate relationship with it for the last 4 months:) We are officially done with the NG tube, and it's so nice to not have any tubes/wires/lines!
I just finished packing up his newborn clothes and got out the 0-3 months... sometimes I really can't fathom that our tiny 2 pound baby is nearly five times his birth size. He is truly a miracle, and I can't help but cry sometimes when I think about how far he's come since his scary entrance into the world. Thank you for your continued love and support for Cooper!
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