11 Months!!

Cooper is 11 months old!! I cannot belive how fast this year has gone by! He is such a sweet and happy baby! I love making him laugh and smile! I cherish these moments!!

Cooper now weighs 14 pounds and 12 ounces! He is gaining weight again! YAY!! He is sitting up some, but not consistently. He is so busy that he is always moving from object to object that he will not concentrate long enough to sit still! We are still working on that!!

He is very close to being off oxygen! We have done several "room air" trials over the last few days! Mainly because Cooper has pulled his cannula completely off his face! He has kept his oxygen saturation 96-97% or during these trials. We go to the BPD clinic on Friday, Nov. 5th so we will see what they say!!

He has been crossing his eyes recently when focusing on objects, so I took him to the eye doctor and it turns out he is farsighted and needs glasses. We looked several places for glasses that were cute and inexpensive! I didn't want to pay too much because he is growing. The pair that his insurance would pay for were not cute at all! I finally found some at Wal-Mart and I only had to pay $28!!! I rarely say this, but Thanks Wal-Mart!!

Next month Cooper will be a year old! WoW!!!

A great week!

Cooper is finally 14 pounds!! We had 2 doctor appointments last week. Wednesday we went to the BPD clinic. They did another room air trial and he did fabulous!!! He stayed off oxygen for about 30 minutes and his oxygen saturation stayed above 97% the WHOLE time!!! So I was hoping for a big drop, but they dropped him from .3 to .2......The reason we were given was they didn't want him working too hard and burning too many calories... She said we can take him off for bath time and if he stays above 98-99% at home, we can turn him to .1, so we will see!!

On Friday Cooper had a renal ultrasound to re-evaluate his kidneys. The ultrasound showed that his kidneys are growing normally and looked great!! Praise God!! They took him off the preventative amoxicillin so we will see how that goes!!

Cooper is growing so fast! He is such a happy baby! He smiles at everyone he meets now and is talking away! He is such a blessing! We are still working on sitting up!! My favorite thing he has recently discovered is his screaming voice! He will now scream just to scream! It is too funny!

What's going on...

We have had a busy week!! Cooper had a pediatrician check up on Tuesday and a swallow study on Wednesday. That meant we had to get up early both mornings to fight rush hour traffic so we could be downtown by 8:30. I have a new found respect for those that fight traffic going to work every day! Whew! I don't like it AT ALL!!

At the pediatrician's office, Cooper weighed 13 lbs and 11 oz!! He gained just over a pound in a month. Much better, but I will be honest, I was hoping for more....We decided to try an appetite stimulation for a month to see what happens...Stay tuned!! :)

The swallow study was a breeze! It took longer to get there than the whole study! He sat in a chair in between x-ray panels and ate. He had to keep looking forward so they could get the images they wanted, and he did great!! He ate the berrium flavored applesauce and formula like a champ. They said he has no swallowing issues! (I could have told them that, but...) He was such a good patient. They even said that his age group is the hardest, but he was so good! He gets that from me!

We are still working on sitting up and rolling over from back to tummy. He is doing great. I try very hard NOT to compare Cooper with other babies his age or adjusted age. It is tricky because the world has these expectations for him and he is on his own timeline :) He is such a wonderful baby and he is doing great! The pediatrician is proud of his accomplishments and told me to cut him some slack, Cooper is pretty much on target. So we just keep practicing!! As I am typing, he is sitting beside me on the couch throwing his passie and laughing. I love him so much!! We are going to play now! Stay tuned...

Thank you Lord for my many blessings!! God is so good!! Trust in that!!