I am one who loves the change from summer to fall and then from fall to winter...however this year I wish winter would GO AWAY! I come home from work around 5:00 and bundle up in sweat pants, socks, a sweat shirt and a blanket too! I hate how I am ready for bed at 8 o'clock! As soon as I put Cooper down, I begin nodding off and I can't bring myself to do one more thing around the house. I am tired of being useless during the week! I want to be able to go outside, take Cooper and Ellie for walks and get back into a walking/running workout routine! We used to have a sign hanging on the front door that said "Welcome Winter", I sure did take the sign down in hopes that winter will get the hint! ;)
Sunday Sweetheart!
My mom (nana) took Cooper to his first class at church this morning. I would have taken him, but this mama took advantage of some MUCH needed sleep! He looked adorable in his khakis, baby Gap shirt and jean jacket! He was really good and he told me he can't wait to go back next Sunday! Oh and by the way he is saying mamamama now! 
Cooper used to sleep at night...now not so much!
Cooper has been a quirky child right from the get go! He has NEVER slept like a newborn. That is both a good and bad thing. The first night in the hospital I should have known that I was in for a ride with CJ! We sent him to the nursery night one so that we could try to sleep and also because I was in and out from the mag drip...YUCK!! I faintly remember the nursery bringing him to me saying"I think he is hungry". They would leave him with me to feed and we would send him back. Josh would bearly get settled on his chair bed...lol and the nursery was BACK AGAIN! Oh brother! They discharged us just a few days later on July 1 and from that day until around Thanksgiving Cooper has been sleeping pretty good at night. Pretty good means 5-7 hours in between feedings. Cooper has also never been a napper...pretty bizarre for an infant. He takes maybe 2 cat naps a day, and occasionally he will take a 1-2 hour nap. I stopped breast feeding when he was 5 months and right around the time I stopped he has NOT been sleeping at night. I guess the magic was in mama's milk and I would give anything to have some more right now!
Right about the end of November Cooper has been...well a pain in my @$# at night! I love him like crazy but the fits that he throws are absolutely the worst thing to wake up to at 12 am, 3 am and 6 am! The squeal/scream is SOOOOOOOO loud, and to make it even worse he throws his head back and scoots his body up to the top of the bed! It is BAD people!! We feed him a bottle and he falls back asleep before he can even finish it. Then 3 hours later....repeat above! I thought he was doing so good, and now Josh and I are walking zombies at night. You would think the older he got, the better he would sleep.
We make sure to get his tummy full with a bit of oatmeal mixed with formula before bed and he is eating solid food 2-3 times a day. My hungry man is well fed and he is an excellent eater!!
At first I thought it was a growth spurt...let's face it we have a lot of those, he is a growing boy! If he is teething...he has no signs of teeth coming in just yet. So we asked his pediatrician what to do and she said...put water in his bottle. If we substitute water for formula in the middle of the night he will realize water is not worth waking up for. It will start to break the habit of waking up to eat all the time.
I would like some suggestions/advice from all you mama's. I know this to shall pass however I wish it would be sooner than later!
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