I think that an alien has taken over my child's body. We have been seriously blessed with a very calm, easy baby. Rarely cries, sleeps aaaaaaaamazingly.
Until about a week and a half ago.
One Friday night I had run some food over to a friend's house. While I was gone, Lee was putting Cooper to bed. He said that Cooper screamed for about half an hour and finally wore himself out. After that night, he was a little fussy, but we could get him to sleep. Then he would wake up crying really hard within an hour of falling asleep. We could get him back to sleep with some Gripe Water.
Then, Monday night he started just screaming and wouldn't go to sleep. Nothing we had tried in the past helped. He settled down when I let him watch 90210 with me :) Then we ended up letting him fall asleep in his crib and we moved him to his crib.
Last night was the worst it's been so far, he screamed for 2 hours. We ended up putting him in the car and driving around. He calmed down right after I put him in his car seat and he fell right asleep in the car.
Tonight, he started getting upset again. After a little while, Lee swung him in his car seat and he fell asleep.
I know that babies sometimes get fussy. And I know that he had his shots on Monday so maybe he's still not feeling well from that. But this is just SO out of character for Cooper. He has been okay during the day (although my dad said that today he was 'solemn' :) ). And he stays asleep all night once we get him to sleep, so I don't get it.
Is he just colicky? I thought that that was usually over by 3 or 4 months, why would it be starting now?
Is he gassy? We've switched his formula a couple times, he's on the gentle kind now, plus we give him gas medicine, so I don't know what more we can do.
Is he teething? I have no idea on this one. We gave him a couple of teething tablets tonight, it didn't seem to do anything.
Does he have an ear infection? We were just at the dr and he didn't say anything. And he hasn't been pulling on his ear or anything.
I wish he could just tell me what's wrong!! I was hoping that tonight he would be better, but not the case, poor buddy :( I'm going to call the dr tomorrow and see what they say, just to make sure.
I have lots of thing I want to blog about, but between being really busy at work and then dealing with Coopie at night, I haven't had time. Lee's birthday was this past weekend, and we also had our first night away from the baby to go to a concert. Then this weekend is my college's homecoming so I have some friends coming in to town, some that I haven't seen in foooorrrreverrr! So that will be fun :)
Hope you're all having a good week!
October 13, 2010
October 10, 2010
4 months
Dear Cooper,
Last Friday, you turned 4 months old! You are really starting to change so much every single day. You seem to learn something new each day; you should see your dad and me when you figure out something new :) You'd think you won the nobel peace prize, we are just that proud of you! Surely you are the smartest baby there ever was, right?
This months stats from your doctor visit:
Weight: 15lbs. 9.5oz (63%)
Length: 25.75 inches (78%)
Head: 41.5 cm (29%)
You are fitting perfectly into 3-6 month clothes, with the exception of one-pieces, those are almost always too short for you and they end up looking like cropped pants. I have just started purchasing 6-12 month clothing for you *tear* That seems so big to me! You've been wearing a size 1-2 diaper for a month or so, but we just picked up a package of size 2's to start you on next.
You are such a good baby, Cooper! You are always so happy and content. You very rarely get upset or cry. The only time you are really fussy is if you're hungry or tired, and that's easy to fix. You usually eat about 7oz. 4-5 times a day. But lately, you have been eating less, anywhere from 4-6 oz at a time. You have been getting very distracted while eating, too. It's like you just don't have the time to sit and eat, you want to be doing things!
We start your bedtime routine about 5:30 and you are usually sound asleep by 6. You sleep until 5am. We have been so lucky in the sleep department with you! For the past couple of weeks, you have been waking up crying 1-2 times within an hour or so of going to bed. We discovered that giving you a tsp. of Gripe Water calms you right down and you quickly fall back asleep.
You have really started to laugh a lot more this month, and it's so much fun. You love being lifted into the air like a plane, and you still love to look at yourself in the mirror. You have this funny little "hehe" laugh. You will do it a couple times in a row "hehe, hehe" and it cracks me up! It's like you have a secret. You have a huge open mouth smile and I love it!
You also seem to have a little bit of a bashful side. If I'm holding you and someone talks to you and makes you smile, you smile and immediately bury your head into my neck or chest, it's so funny!
You are very alert and incredibly observant. Since you were born, everyone has always commented on how alert you are, and lately, we have started to notice you quietly observing all of your surroundings. You will just sit in my lap and look around for a long time, so quiet with your eyes wide open, taking everything in :)
You have pretty much rolled over from back to front, but you never have been able to get that bottom arm out from underneath you. Whenever we lay you down on your playmat, you almost always roll right over onto your side.
You are obsessed with your dad! Every time he enters a room, you lock your eyes on him and follow his every move. You love to stare at him when you're in your swing too, because he is often sitting next to you. You will just stare and stare!
You love to touch our faces and coo when we talk to you, and you are getting very good at pulling large chunks of my hair out :)
Each month you just get more and more fun, and somehow, we love you more every day, although I didn't know it was possible!
We love you so so so much buddy!!
Last Friday, you turned 4 months old! You are really starting to change so much every single day. You seem to learn something new each day; you should see your dad and me when you figure out something new :) You'd think you won the nobel peace prize, we are just that proud of you! Surely you are the smartest baby there ever was, right?
This months stats from your doctor visit:
Weight: 15lbs. 9.5oz (63%)
Length: 25.75 inches (78%)
Head: 41.5 cm (29%)
You are fitting perfectly into 3-6 month clothes, with the exception of one-pieces, those are almost always too short for you and they end up looking like cropped pants. I have just started purchasing 6-12 month clothing for you *tear* That seems so big to me! You've been wearing a size 1-2 diaper for a month or so, but we just picked up a package of size 2's to start you on next.
You are such a good baby, Cooper! You are always so happy and content. You very rarely get upset or cry. The only time you are really fussy is if you're hungry or tired, and that's easy to fix. You usually eat about 7oz. 4-5 times a day. But lately, you have been eating less, anywhere from 4-6 oz at a time. You have been getting very distracted while eating, too. It's like you just don't have the time to sit and eat, you want to be doing things!
We start your bedtime routine about 5:30 and you are usually sound asleep by 6. You sleep until 5am. We have been so lucky in the sleep department with you! For the past couple of weeks, you have been waking up crying 1-2 times within an hour or so of going to bed. We discovered that giving you a tsp. of Gripe Water calms you right down and you quickly fall back asleep.
You have really started to laugh a lot more this month, and it's so much fun. You love being lifted into the air like a plane, and you still love to look at yourself in the mirror. You have this funny little "hehe" laugh. You will do it a couple times in a row "hehe, hehe" and it cracks me up! It's like you have a secret. You have a huge open mouth smile and I love it!
You also seem to have a little bit of a bashful side. If I'm holding you and someone talks to you and makes you smile, you smile and immediately bury your head into my neck or chest, it's so funny!
You are very alert and incredibly observant. Since you were born, everyone has always commented on how alert you are, and lately, we have started to notice you quietly observing all of your surroundings. You will just sit in my lap and look around for a long time, so quiet with your eyes wide open, taking everything in :)
You have pretty much rolled over from back to front, but you never have been able to get that bottom arm out from underneath you. Whenever we lay you down on your playmat, you almost always roll right over onto your side.
You are obsessed with your dad! Every time he enters a room, you lock your eyes on him and follow his every move. You love to stare at him when you're in your swing too, because he is often sitting next to you. You will just stare and stare!
You love to touch our faces and coo when we talk to you, and you are getting very good at pulling large chunks of my hair out :)
Each month you just get more and more fun, and somehow, we love you more every day, although I didn't know it was possible!
We love you so so so much buddy!!
October 8, 2010
4 Months Today!
This sweet pea is 4 months old today!
(Awesome new camera! I love it already!)
It’s hard to believe that he’s already 4 months old, and at the same time, I find myself wondering what we ever did without him! He is truly a blessing greater than we could have ever imagined.
I’m going to try and do a full monthly post over the weekend, I want to start doing them a little differently.
I’m posting this as an email to blogger, I’ve never done it with a picture before, so we’ll see if it works Clearly that didn't work, frmo the email, so I re-posted with the picture! J Happy Friday friends!
October 7, 2010
Thursday Thoughts
Why don’t Lee and I carpool to work? Today, we left at the same time, both went to McDonalds (don’t judge), then both drove to downtown where I work about 6 blocks away from him. This happens every day. Well, we don’t usually go to McDonalds, but you know. We also both go home for lunch most of the time, and we leave for the day at the same(ish) time. BUT sometimes he or I will go to lunch with a friend or have a work thing at lunch. Or I’ll go to Baby Gap and shop, whatever. If it weren’t for the lunchtime happenings, I might suggest we carpool. But I like my lunchtime freedom J
The ‘contractor’ (and I’m using that term LOOSLEY) that is fixing up our built in bookcases finally showed up yesterday. The guy doesn’t have a phone. We have to call a guy who knows him and somehow he gets in touch with him and he calls us. Or just stops by our house unannounced on a Saturday morning while I’m not wearing a bra. Whatever. He was supposed to start on Monday. Nothing. Tuesday, nothing. Yesterday Lee went home for lunch and he was there! Working! The dude also likes to talk, and eat our food if we’re eating. He likes pizza by the way. I was stuck with him when I got home from work and Lee was getting Coop. He kept telling me everything we did wrong while building the bookcases (Lee and I built them, and we knew we had no idea, but we just wanted to do it) then he proceeded to tell me that whoever installed our French doors did it completely wrong. Then asked me who did it. Then he started back on the bookcases. I was so annoyed. I know that he is probably just wanting us to know that he knows what he’s doing, but WE KNOW THAT, that’s why we’re paying him more to fix these things than it cost us to build them! He is a really nice guy and means well, and he does a good job, but it’s just frustrating.
I ordered a new camera!!! Thank the lord! I finally decided on one and I’m super excited to get it today. I thought I wanted a DSLR, but after a friend and a husband talked some sense into me (i.e. they said “Are you going to take a class and learn how to use it?” To which I laughed and replied “no”, then promptly had a flashback of the Mac Incident of 2010) and I realized that I’m better off with a really nice point and shoot that has great auto features. I am not interested in taking the time to learn how to use a fancy schmancy camera. I will most likely get frustrated and never use it! I got a Canon PowerShot SD4000IS. Don’t ask what any of that means.
I just found out that I might have to go on a 3 day work trip in a couple of weeks. I was ASKED, which was nice. Like, they wanted to make sure I was comfortable leaving the baby. But, it’s work, am I really supposed to say no? I know that Lee is fully capable of taking care of him, but it’s hard. I know you know what I’m talking about.
Speaking of the baby, one week ago, he started freaking out when we would give him his bottle before bedtime. No other time during the day does he freak out about being fed. And by freak out, I mean: He drinks less than an ounce, starts frowning and shaking his head, then crying, then screaming. If he’s with Lee, he can’t get him calmed down. If he’s with me, he calms down after a few minutes. It’s so weird. We’ve switched his formula twice, tried the gentle stuff for gas, switched out the nipple size, tried burping him and giving the bottle again, tried giving him Mylicon in between. NOTHING works. Last night, I just stopped and he didn’t eat before he went to sleep. He still slept all night (if you call waking up at 4:30am sleeping all night, ha!) I guess he’s okay? Maybe he’s just not hungry at night? I don’t get it. He has been eating more during the day. He used to have 3 bottles during the day and then a bedtime bottle, but now he’s been eating 4 times during the day, so maybe he really is just not hungry. But it’s still weird. I’ll probably ask the dr about it at his 4 month(!) check up on Monday.
I often wish that I could watch reality shows like I did in college: in the back of the sorority house with a big group of girls; all of us laughing hysterically and commenting on EVERYTHING!! Last night I watched Teen Mom from Tuesday. I was DYING while watching Amber’s date with WalMart guy! I was blowing up the twitters with my comments. I made myself stop because I was tweeting like every 3 minutes and that’s probably annoying to my tweeps. And I love Macy, but why is her hair always a different shade of red, what is up with her spray on tan, and WHAT is the huge tattoo on her back? Have you seen? I need my sorority living room to watch this stuff!
October 4, 2010
The weekend...and random ramblings, apparently
Our weekend was fairly uneventful for the most part. And I like it that way most of the time :)
I took Friday off from work. I tried really hard and took almost no vacation days before Cooper was born so that I could take off as much as I could when he was here. Well, I am patting myself on the back for that one because I have LOTS of days left for the year and I'm going to take full advantage so that I can snuggle with my sweet boy! His Halloween costume arrived Friday, and I tried it on him. Oh My Word. I'm pretty sure it's the cutest thing I've ever seen! He is going to be a scarecrow, but i'll wait until later to show you the cuteness :)
Friday I also made dinner, dessert, and breakfast for a friend of mine. She had a baby about a month ago who was just released to come home from the NICU. She also has two boys already at home, and trust me, from what I saw Friday night, she has her hands FULL! Her littlest one is not out of the woods yet and could use any prayers that you can send his way. I will not go into any detail, because I don't feel that it is my place, but I will say that I am being reminded almost DAILY of how lucky I am to have a healthy baby.
On Saturday, I finally got around to cleaning out our extra bedroom. That room has been: an office, a scrapbooking room, a workout room, a man room, and finally a catch-all room. We got rid of most of our storage unit 'junk' when we had the garage sale. All we had left was a bed. So we decided to just put the bed in that room with my treadmill. Even though we don't have a real need for a guest room, it does feel really good to have that room cleaned out, and to have all of our 'junk' gone and no longer be paying a fee for a storage unit to house a bunch of stuff that we neither need nor want!
Also on Saturday, we had a guy come out to look at the built ins to see if he could finish them off and basically make them look good. Every time someone comes out to look at them, I brace myself because it is so embarrassing. We are always criticized for how, well, janky, for lack of a better word, they are. They are not square, not level, not well sanded, yellowing because I used the wrong caulking....basically they are crap! Haha. It is costing us as much just to have them fixed and prettied up as it would have been for someone else to just make them in the first place. Oh well. Live and learn I guess. One thing is for sure, we got our 'do it yourself' itch out of our systems quickly! I never want to use a power tool again!
Sunday we cleared out the storage unit and got the bed and treadmill situated in the now guest room. Well, it's also the dogs' room because that's where their 'night night' is. We call their cage their night night. Haha. There are few things funnier than hearing your otherwise masculine, manly man husband ask your yorkies if they want to get in their night night. :)
I also met a friend at Utica Square (cute little shopping area in town). While we were there, I stopped in PotteryBarn Kids and got Cooper this fun toy that he loves. I'll try and take or find a picture of it. It's really easy for him to grab on to and he can also shove it in his mouth, which he does with voracity! He really SHOVES it in there!
That's about it for the weekend. I'm struggling with deciding whether or not to join a gym. And if I do, which one? We are trying to stick to a tight budget right now, because we really want to move soon (i.e. in a year or so). But, not only are we saving from not having a storage unit, my tanning package (that I never used, at the tanning place from HELL) is finally over. So there's some wiggle room there too. I just want to make sure that I will actually USE a gym membership. But it's so hard to find the time! And I want to go somewhere that they have classes that I will like, including a SPIN class, because I really love that. I'm going to do a little research on that right now, so wish me luck!
I took Friday off from work. I tried really hard and took almost no vacation days before Cooper was born so that I could take off as much as I could when he was here. Well, I am patting myself on the back for that one because I have LOTS of days left for the year and I'm going to take full advantage so that I can snuggle with my sweet boy! His Halloween costume arrived Friday, and I tried it on him. Oh My Word. I'm pretty sure it's the cutest thing I've ever seen! He is going to be a scarecrow, but i'll wait until later to show you the cuteness :)
Friday I also made dinner, dessert, and breakfast for a friend of mine. She had a baby about a month ago who was just released to come home from the NICU. She also has two boys already at home, and trust me, from what I saw Friday night, she has her hands FULL! Her littlest one is not out of the woods yet and could use any prayers that you can send his way. I will not go into any detail, because I don't feel that it is my place, but I will say that I am being reminded almost DAILY of how lucky I am to have a healthy baby.
On Saturday, I finally got around to cleaning out our extra bedroom. That room has been: an office, a scrapbooking room, a workout room, a man room, and finally a catch-all room. We got rid of most of our storage unit 'junk' when we had the garage sale. All we had left was a bed. So we decided to just put the bed in that room with my treadmill. Even though we don't have a real need for a guest room, it does feel really good to have that room cleaned out, and to have all of our 'junk' gone and no longer be paying a fee for a storage unit to house a bunch of stuff that we neither need nor want!
Also on Saturday, we had a guy come out to look at the built ins to see if he could finish them off and basically make them look good. Every time someone comes out to look at them, I brace myself because it is so embarrassing. We are always criticized for how, well, janky, for lack of a better word, they are. They are not square, not level, not well sanded, yellowing because I used the wrong caulking....basically they are crap! Haha. It is costing us as much just to have them fixed and prettied up as it would have been for someone else to just make them in the first place. Oh well. Live and learn I guess. One thing is for sure, we got our 'do it yourself' itch out of our systems quickly! I never want to use a power tool again!
Sunday we cleared out the storage unit and got the bed and treadmill situated in the now guest room. Well, it's also the dogs' room because that's where their 'night night' is. We call their cage their night night. Haha. There are few things funnier than hearing your otherwise masculine, manly man husband ask your yorkies if they want to get in their night night. :)
I also met a friend at Utica Square (cute little shopping area in town). While we were there, I stopped in PotteryBarn Kids and got Cooper this fun toy that he loves. I'll try and take or find a picture of it. It's really easy for him to grab on to and he can also shove it in his mouth, which he does with voracity! He really SHOVES it in there!
That's about it for the weekend. I'm struggling with deciding whether or not to join a gym. And if I do, which one? We are trying to stick to a tight budget right now, because we really want to move soon (i.e. in a year or so). But, not only are we saving from not having a storage unit, my tanning package (that I never used, at the tanning place from HELL) is finally over. So there's some wiggle room there too. I just want to make sure that I will actually USE a gym membership. But it's so hard to find the time! And I want to go somewhere that they have classes that I will like, including a SPIN class, because I really love that. I'm going to do a little research on that right now, so wish me luck!
October 1, 2010
Phone Photo Friday
This little one is trying SO hard to roll to his tummy. He just can't figure out what to do with that bottom arm. There was lots of grunting and groaning in frustration by him while I was taking a picture. He'll figure it out soon enough!
Happy Friday everyone! Hope you all have a great weekend!
Happy Friday everyone! Hope you all have a great weekend!September 29, 2010
Stuff
Please forgive me if this is not my most exciting or witty post ever. We've been having a hectic week at work. I'm exhausted and the week isn't even halfway over.
- You know how they say that you never know how much you love something until it's gone? Well, it's true. I LOOOOOVE my new computer!! No more Mac, I am a PC all the way :)
- I have been working on a lot of things for Cooper's first birthday. I know that is it utterly ridiculous since he's not even 4 months old yet. But I NEED a creative outlet and this is the only thing I have right now. I've been thinking about opening an Etsy shop for a long time, but I never could focus on what one thing I would do. But, I think I might think about doing party supplies. We'll see..... I'm afraid that no one would ever buy anything from me and then I'd be a big loser.
- If I could have one talent it would be singing. I wish that I could carry a tune at all. Cooper love for you to sing to him but I only do it when I'm alone with him because it's just that bad.
- The weather here has been GORGEOUS lately! Highs in the upper 70's. Yesterday I walked around downtown during lunch and it was prefect! I didn't want to go back in the building.
- While I was walking, I discovered that my pumps are way more comfortable than my flats. That just doesn't make sense at all.
- We started watching this new show on Fox. It's called LoneStar. I've only seen the first episode, the second is waiting on the DVR, but so far, I love it!
- If I could eat one thing for the rest of my life, it would be Pioneer Woman's chicken spaghetti and slightly underbaked chocolate chip cookies :)
- You know how they say that you never know how much you love something until it's gone? Well, it's true. I LOOOOOVE my new computer!! No more Mac, I am a PC all the way :)
- I have been working on a lot of things for Cooper's first birthday. I know that is it utterly ridiculous since he's not even 4 months old yet. But I NEED a creative outlet and this is the only thing I have right now. I've been thinking about opening an Etsy shop for a long time, but I never could focus on what one thing I would do. But, I think I might think about doing party supplies. We'll see..... I'm afraid that no one would ever buy anything from me and then I'd be a big loser.
- If I could have one talent it would be singing. I wish that I could carry a tune at all. Cooper love for you to sing to him but I only do it when I'm alone with him because it's just that bad.
- The weather here has been GORGEOUS lately! Highs in the upper 70's. Yesterday I walked around downtown during lunch and it was prefect! I didn't want to go back in the building.
- While I was walking, I discovered that my pumps are way more comfortable than my flats. That just doesn't make sense at all.
- We started watching this new show on Fox. It's called LoneStar. I've only seen the first episode, the second is waiting on the DVR, but so far, I love it!
- If I could eat one thing for the rest of my life, it would be Pioneer Woman's chicken spaghetti and slightly underbaked chocolate chip cookies :)
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