Tuesday, August 7, 2007

A day in the life of nurturing Cooper

Our visitors left today, Sharon's sister and niece were here since Thursday.  We have a break now until August 20th when Sharon's mom and husband come up to visit for a week or so.  It will be nice to have some alone time. just the three of us but the extra hands will be missed.  Mostly I sit in a chair and feed Cooper all day.  I'm still recovering from surgery so I'm not supposed to lift more than 10 pounds (I guess besides my baby who was 10 at birth).  I can't wear in a sling right now because it hurts my stitches.  However, we did go to the outlet mall in Woodburn this weekend and he did really well.  We brought the stroller but he ended up nursing and then sleeping in the sling and we had Sharon wear it.  It was perfect, he slept a long time in that.  Yesterday we tried to have a small outing and he was having none of it so we all came home.

Cooper is a cluster feeder, he likes to eat for a few hours off and on before settling into a 2 hour nap.  He also likes to nap while eating.  At night, he sleeps for about 3-4 hours, wakes up at 3-3:30a.m. every morning to eat and will then sleep until 6:30 or 7am.  Some mornings he'll sleep again after eating at 7am, other mornings he's up for a few hours. 
I read a lot during the day and nap when he naps sometimes.  He's really a good baby, not fussy or temperamental at all.   

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