4 months old!

Cooper celebrated his 1/3 of a year birthday yesterday!  We went for his 4-month well check-up today, and he weighs 13.1 pounds (15%-ile) and is 25 inches long (54%-ile).  The pediatrician said that Cooper was "perfect" and everything looked great.  He did have to get two shots and one oral medication.  If you remember back to his 2-month appointment and his first round of shots, I got to skip out of those because I had to go to a meeting for work.  Brad has been warning me for the past month a half that the shots are terrible and he will cry like I've never heard him cry.  Well, Cooper proved him wrong today because he did cry, but it wasn't bad at all.  It sounded like one of the cries/screams he does when you take the bottle away to burp him. 
We also had a little surprise at the doctor's office when she told us that he had a slight ear infection.  Brad passed a cold to Cooper a couple of weeks ago, and he's been kind of congested for the past week and a half or two weeks.  It started to get better, but toward the end of last week and over the weekend he was very stopped up and snotty again.  She said she saw a little fluid in his ears but it wasn't nearly to the point as most ear infections.  She prescribed an antibiotic and told us she thought it would clear up, but if it doesn't seem to then we should come back in three weeks or so. 
The pediatrician also gave us the go ahead to start solids anytime we wanted to.  I think we might start applesauce in the next day or two to see how he does and then maybe move on to carrots.  He loves to eat, so I'm sure he'll love trying new foods.  I can't wait to see how he reacts to different foods!
Our little boy is getting so big and he seems to be changing everyday.  Check out some of his 4 month pictures...

At 4 months, Cooper is...

• Sleeping from about 10:00-7:00 everyday (Some nights he goes to be a little earlier or later, and some mornings he gets up a little earlier or later.  He slept until 8:00 two mornings in a row last week!)
• Eating about 5 1/2-6 ounces of formula five times a day
• Eating rice cereal in the morning
• Rolling over from his stomach to his back
• Rolling from side to side when he's on his back
• Smiling ALL of the time
• Laughing out loud
• Grabbing for things
• Crossing his legs when he's sitting up
• STILL using his swaddle blanket at night and during his afternoon nap (I'm about to stop using it with the nap in the next couple of days.)
• Screaming and cooing more than ever