Cooper Overload

I had a few requests (from a few adorable readers) to share some pictures and / or an update on the Coopster. Okay you twisted my arm. (Secretly I want to write posts about him every single day.) 

 

Mini-Coop is almost five months old (already!?!?!??! what!?!?!?!?!) and is as adorable as ever. He's a big, strong boy and I wouldn't have it any other way. Wait a minute, he wouldn't have it any other way. (Dude likes to eat. Frequently. As in every two hours still. Oy.) At his last doctor's appointment he was in the 90th percentile for length and 75th percentile for weight. He can't roll over just yet but he can pull himself up to a standing position if you hold his hands. It's his favourite thing to do right now actually. Then he wobbles around and kind of reminds me of Michael Jackson dancing. If you can picture it.

We totally lucked out with such a good baby. If he's fussy / grumpy he either needs to sleep or eat. He's in a bit of a phase where he only wants his mum to put him to sleep and he kinda gets a bit angry (okay a lot angry) when anyone else tries to do it. Other than that he is a curious, active, happy boy. He laughs and smiles all the time (although those moments are VERY hard to capture with an iPhone). :) 

He met all the criteria to start solids a bit early (head/neck control, doubled his birth weight, interested in food, etc.) so we started feeding him a bit of rice cereal in the mornings. He LOVES it. Gobbles it up like his mom with a giant bowl of Corn Pops. (You know you're a mom when you are excited to break out the Baby Bullet to make your own baby food.)

Hearing him laugh is obviously the best thing ever. Right now we can get him to laugh by giving him airplane rides, bouncing him around, or making silly noises (think woofing and mooing).

 

Please keep reading my blog even though I just wrote "woofing and mooing".  

I never thought I'd see the day when we started finding a bit of a routine but it kind of just happened. His bedtime is 8:00 p.m.. He will sleep for an hour or two, have some milkshakes, and then go to sleep for roughly five hours. After a quick feeding he will go to sleep for another two hours, then after another feeding he stays in bed with us and we sleep in until about 8:00 a.m. His favourite thing is morning snuggles in bed. (He told me.)(He also told me that he wants me to keep wearing polka dot socks even though they are not very grown up.)

 

Right now he has about three 30-40 minute naps during the day, at about 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. (Although he fights sleeping during the day like it's his job.) You should see me during nap time though. Once he falls asleep I'm like a tornado whipping around the house trying to get as much stuff done as possible.

(Is it true that some babies nap for hours straight during the day??? Ummmm, where do I sign up for that?)

People always seem to comment on his big eyes, his round, bald head, and his million  expressions (the stunned look seems to be everyone's favourite).

 

We just love him to bits. It's okay if you do too.

 

P.S. He's still not sleeping in his nursery yet. Don't judge me.

 

P.S.S. We got a Baby Einstein video as a gift and played it for the first time last night. After a few minutes we shut it down due to it's overwhelming creepiness. Why does the stuffed owl's head have to twist all the way around like that?!?!?!

 

P.S.S.S. If babies got report cards, Cooper would get an A+ for pinching and hair pulling. I'm so proud. ;)