I went to my second mother's group yesterday. Cooper had a pretty good day. Even though he grizzled a bit at the mother's group, he did do quite a few smiles etc. I visited a friend after and Cooper slept on me for quite a while – maybe 30 minutes or so. He had another long feed (30 mins at midday and then 25 mins at 3.00 pm). After that I went to pick up Mark from work. Cooper was all smiles and gooing at the girls at Mark's office.

I tried to feed Cooper at 6.00 pm last night (his last feed) and he fed for about 2 minutes and then my milk came out too fast and he was spluttering and coughing. I took him off and he started crying. But when I tried to attach him again he kept crying, which turned into his "choking scream"! Geez he's doing this scream at least once a day now! I think a friend of mine jinxed me the other day when she said I was lucky I didn't have a screaming baby!!! I had to calm him and cuddle him for about 10 minutes – he screamed quite a bit. Then finally he fed again – just 15 minutes. Then he had a bath and went to bed easily and slept until 4.40 am.

I'm starting to think Cooper is just becoming more aware of his surroundings and also his vocal ability!!!

We have a quiet day today so I'm trying wrapping again with this sleeps. He just fed at 7.20 am and I've played with him until nearly 8.00 am (he was awake since 7.00 am). I saw him rubbing his eyes so I wrapped him in muslin and closed his blinds. He was fighting against the wrap for a few minutes but now he's asleep – and his arms are still in the wrap! Yay! Now let's see if this makes him sleep longer than 1 hour. It did the last two times I tried it. I think the key is getting his arms to stay wrapped. I tried wrapping with an afternoon nap the other day but he got his arms out and therefore did not sleep longer than 1 hour. The very first two times I wrapped and got him to sleep for 2.5 hours was easy because by the time I wrapped him he was half asleep (from me holding/settling him) – therefore he wasn't fighting and kicking the wrap to get his arms out. But this morning seems to have worked okay!

Bubseykel – I agree about them growing up so fast! I think 3-4 months is going to be fun – they are learning so much and developing so quickly.

Boisey – Your shopping experience sounded terrible! Especially how you had to climb through the front of your car with Jensen! OMG!

About teething – my mum said I got my first tooth at 4 months. I just Googled "teething" and it says "Babies can get their first tooth anywhere between 3-15 months, but commonly between 4-9 months - although the pain may start earlier. (Dribbling at 3 months is usually as a result of baby learning to put things in their mouth, which is a part of normal development.)"

You mentioned flabby tummies. Mine is a bit flabby but it's actually not that bad. I've been quite lucky! I now weigh 53kgs. My pre-pregnancy weight was 49kgs but that was underweight and I don't expect to be that. I had actually lost 3kgs or so right before I fell pregnant. So I actually was around 52-53kgs normally. I've been wearing all my pre-pregnancy clothes since about 2 weeks after the birth. I suppose I should really be doing some exercise, but I hate it!

kmh – Good idea about the baby carrier. Next time we go out with the pram I'll put the carrier in the pram basket just in case.

Fraser – I'm not sure where Cle is … And what about AJ and ~yummymummy~?