Advice

Ok ladies. I'm needing mommy advice.

Blakely was sleeping through the night great from about 9:00 until about 6:00 every night. But then she learned to roll over and the swaddle came off. Ever since we removed the swaddle she wakes up at 3:00 or around there and never goes back to sleep. We are exhausted and thought we were past the sleepless nights. Cooper had a positioner, this was before they were all recalled. So when we stopped swaddling him he was fine because he still felt something comforting around him. But with Blake our pediatrician told us not to put anything on her that constricts her legs including a sleep sack. So what do we do? Any ideas? We put her in long sleeve footsy sleepers so she's warm. No blankets or bumpers or anything in her crib. She takes a paci but nothing has changed as far as that goes. I'm lost for what to do. We thought it would be like this for a few weeks maybe at the most and we are going on a month. EXHAUSTED!!!! Help!

Happy 2nd birthday to one the of the greatest loves I will ever know!

Cooper! My sweet baby boy, or should I say my sweet toddler boy. Your two years old today.
My love for you is over the moon and I can't tell you how special you are to daddy and I.

Where to begin??

You are getting so tall, but still so small :) Your wearing size 2t.
You are so funny, you sing constantly. Twinkle twinkle little star, your ABC's, and just recently Old McDonald had a farm. Its so funny to hear you mix up the words with such confidence.
You are the sweetest little man ever, hugging and kissing all the time. Saying please and thank you without ever being told. You even say God Bless You when someone sneezes. Your so friendly and play great with other kids. Your best friend at school is Cameron, you also love Anniston and Braden. You are in love with your baby sister. You are so good with her and not rough like you were when we first brought her home. You now kiss her feet and say "Its ok baby" and try to help her when she cries. You call her your brother, no matter how often we correct you, its actually really funny. You hear me saying "Hi pretty girl" to her and you say, "Hi pretty budder". Its so cute.
You are ridiculously active and you scare me half to death. You fell at your babysitters this past week and got quite a nasty cut on your eye and had to go for stitches again. 3rd time in a year. We have an appointment with your pediatrician next week because I'm concerned about why your falling so often. You don't talk funny, you usually seem somewhat balanced for a two year old, you don't have ear infections but you also don't pay attention ever. So I think its just carelessness but we will see. I just want to make sure.
You weigh close to 24 lbs. Your still a little guy but healthy.
You love breakfast bars and chik fil a, you love to eat banana's and you are obsessed with milk. You are funny and goofy and everyone who meets you falls in love with you.

You are such a blessing sweet Cooper. We love you sooooooooooooooooooooo much!
Thank you God for our sweet Cooper. What a blessing!

I am adding to this post days after I posted it because today you were in the car and I started to pass by "whats my name" by Rihanna. You freaked out. You said "mama, mama noooooo i wat oh nana, i wat oh nana". You call it Oh nana because of the part where she goes Oh nana whats my name. You LOVE this song. Its hilarious. You think sh'es saying Oh nana, like your grandma. Adorable.
Also you sing all the time now. Twinkle twinkle little star is my fav because you say "Twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are, up above the world so high like a diamond in the sky, twinkle twinkle little star, now I know my abc's". Ha ha adorable as well.

You are so funny. You are obsessed with your cousin Natalie, you count to ten you can tell us most anyone we have a picture of in our house, you are amazing. We love you!

4 months old

Blakey! Your 4 months already. Time is flying by so fast these days.

All I can say is you are an absolute light in our lives. You are the sweetest little girl I've ever known. Not just because your mine either. People can't comment enough about how easy going, cuddly, lovable and sweet you are. We are so blessed to have you :)

You are doing so much these days. Smiling and giggling a little funny giggle all the time. You talk all the time. A real low grunt, it cracks us up. You will just talk to yourself forever. You roll over, you stand while holding onto our hands. You hate when we are driving and we stop, that's the only time (and when your hungry) that you really cry. You smile constantly, love your big brother and your mommy and daddy. You are like a little puddle of comfort. You just form into whoever holds you. It melts our hearts.
You are getting big. Your tall and chunky :)
You weigh about 14-1/2 to 15 lbs I'll have a more exact weight next week. We take you to the doctor in 5 days. You are so tall, everyone comments on it. Your wearing size 6 months in clothes.
Sometimes when you look up at me and just smile that big gummy smile of yours your little blue eyes will sparkle like crazy. Your beautiful and special in every way and we are loving every little thing about you and each new thing you do and learn.

Happy 4 months angel baby. We love you more than words can even tell.

On your post I'm posting some pictures that my cousin Elizabeth took of us when she was here visiting. She is super talented and did such a good job. She got lots of good Mommy and Blakely shots too. All the pics she took were great. Here they are :)