Cooper represents

Disclaimer: Cooper is too young to make the monumental decision of Packers vs Bears and since we have fans for both in the family, we have to appease everyone. Although personally I think he looks a lot better in Bears colors. He will, however, forever be a Chicago Blackhawks fan. 

5 Months

Happy five month birthday, Buckaroo!! You are getting SOO big! You eat your oatmeal like a champ. We cannot wait to start you on purees so you can taste all of the good stuff that you try and steal off of our plates every night at dinner. 

How old: 5 months

Looks like: Starting to look like more of a mix now

Weight: 17 lbs 2 oz

Height: 26 inches

Likes: Rolling over, playing with toys, eating his oatmeal, bath time

Dislikes: Sleeping.

Milestones: On September 7^th Cooper rolled over from back to belly! Yay! He is doing great with his oatmeal & we're hoping that we get the go-ahead to start him on purees at his six month check up!

Best Buddies For Life 

Rawr 

Hanging out with Daddy 

Cooper LOVES his oatmeal!! 

Messy messy baby 

Mama's new haircut 

Chillin' in Uncle Andrew's new car! 

Damn you four month sleep regression..

So ever since we got back from Wisconsin, where Cooper had his first episode of sleep issues since he was about eight weeks old, he has been an absolute terror when it comes to sleeping through the night. His sleep is so inconsistent now. Some nights he'll be up every hour, some every two hours, some he's awake from 11 pm-7 am... I just can't figure it out. We've tried moving his bedtime up, switching bath soap, moving him out of the bassinet into his pac n play for more room, and even resorted to swaddling the baby who wouldn't stand to be swaddled from the day he was born.

I even broke dow and did the one thing I vowed I would never do, I ended up with him in the car at 5:30am, driving around all of God's creation until 8am, just so he could get some sleep.

I'm at a loss. I am so unbelievably tired. All of the adrenaline that came with the sleepless nights with having a newborn has disappeared since he starting sleeping through the night at eight weeks. I don't want to let him cry-it-out, and even if I wanted to I really couldn't since he's still in our room until we move, and I don't want to wake AJ up since he has to be up for work at 6am. I'm really hoping the sleeping fairy comes back down and gives me back my nights filled with slumber...