Cooper - Nine Month Update!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013


This little dude is almost nine months old! What a sweet age, let me tell you.
 
We're starting to see quite a bit more of the Coopster's little personality. Hmmm, what can I say. When we go out, we get a lot of comments that he is a serious little guy. He does tend to furrow up those cute little eyebrows a lot. But I'm pretty sure it's because he is a baby genius and is analyzing everything that he sees. ;)
 
At home it's a different story, he's such a funny little guy! He seems to get the craziest at dinner time, his latest antics are to make random screams or monster growls for attention. Then, when we look over laughing he also laughs and spits food everywhere. It's very messy.
 
He's got quite a little temper and knows what he wants. Most of the time what he wants includes everything that he's not allowed to have: the cordless phone, computer cables, lotion bottles, cookies, Roary's tail, etc. He basically loves and wants to play with ANYTHING that is not a toy. His latest fascination has been my toothbrush, so I got him his own and he chomps away on that thing all the time. Might as well get him used to brushing, right?
 
Speaking of teeth, apparently Cooper doesn't like to follow the norm. He just recently got his first two teeth.... and they were his top lateral incisors!!! He kind of looks like a vampire baby when he smiles and, well, I kind of like it. Hahaha. This morning his two bottom front teeth just popped through. He's been such a champ through the whole teething business.
 
Sleeping? Let's just ask the question - is it possible that I am getting less sleep now than I was when he was a newborn?!?!? He has made really good progress falling asleep in his crib for his oh-so-short naps (right now he's having three 20-30 minute naps a day). Nighttime, however, is a different story. Aye yay yay this boy does not know how to self-soothe and cries out for me whenever he wakes up in the night. We'll work on it though, when he's finished this bout of teething. Or maybe when he's five. We'll see. ;)

As for eating, he is a total rock star. Dude loves to eat EVERYTHING. I've been pretty adventurous so far with trying to introduce varying flavors and textures. The latest recipes he has tried and loved include:
 
Apple, Apricot, and Tofu
Tomatoes and Carrots with Basil
Sweet Potato with Spinach and Peas
Cauliflower Cheese
Salmon with Carrots and Tomato


Coops started eating finger foods a bit earlier than he was supposed to, because well, he literally told me that he was ready! He absolutely loves to feed himself and his current favorite finger foods include tiny pieces of chicken, peas, toast, grated cheese, watermelon, and banana coated with crushed cereal.

Unfortunately the Coops came down with a bit of a rash a few weeks ago and we (the doc and I) aren't sure if it was viral, a food sensitivity, or a reaction to some kind of allergen. I've been keeping a close eye on him and whipped up a little baby food journal just in case!

We signed up for 8 weeks of baby swim lessons at the little local pool in our town which starts next month. I think he'll love it but I am not looking forward to freezing my tooshie off in the cold pool water. We've also been hitting up a baby playgroup that meets once a week at the school up the street. Basically the babies crawl all over each other, swap drool, and pull each other's hair. I constantly have to tell the germaphobe in me to simmer down the whole time though. Haha!
 
As far as baby achievements go, he can sorta wave hi and bye, give high-fives, clap, sit up without falling over, wave his arms/dance to annoying baby music, and army crawl to get places. He's SO CLOSE to the real crawl. I blame cold temperatures and ten layers of clothing as the reason he's not on the move yet. Go away winter, nobody likes you! His current vocabulary includes mamamama, mumumumum, dadadada, nananana, gagagaga, yayayaya, and of course the random screams, laughs, cries, yells, and other silly noises to get our attention.
 
 
We just applied for Cooper's baby passport and are thinking about possibly taking a vacation to somewhere hot. I am nervous about traveling with a baby but know that it will be so much fun. And we need to get out of here because there were almost record-breaking cold temperatures here this week. I have never even heard of -45 degrees Celsius before. Eeeeeek! So, if you have any travel tips for me I will willingly take them. :)
 
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I hope you and your family are having a super awesome start to the New Year. I'll be back (soon I hope) to show you some front entry organization, some camera gear organization, and some kitchen-y Christmas goodies. See you soon, friends!
 
P.S. I'm pretty sure that I replied to every single one of your comments so far in 2013. Not sure if I'll be able to keep that up forever but I'm trying! Yay!

UPDATED TO ADD:

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He's crawling, he's crawling! I tried something new today after I published this post. Instead of placing him fully clothed on a baby quilt, I threw down a large, tatty old blanket, turned up the heat, stripped him down, and placed some enticing objects just out of reach. The lack of clothes made a difference, they totally did!

Eeeek, he's on the move! :)

26 comments:

  1. OMG, those eye lashes! Why do all the boys get the full lush lashes! Cooper is adorable but I think you already know that! Keep warm, we are freezing here (near Niagara Falls) as well. Thanks for the cutey Cooper post!

    Kelly

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    1. I know, right? So not fair that his lashes are longer than mine. :)

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  2. Adorable... Love the nicknames Coop and Coopster! Couldn't be cuter and I totally feel your pain with the weather... we hit the -30s (Ottawa area).

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    1. Thanks girl!

      I hope you've been able to stay out of the cold. We've been hibernating all week. :)

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  3. He is such a sweetie! I hope the sleeping gets sorted out soon. Being tired is rough!

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    1. Thanks girl.

      I keep meaning to email you to get some tips now that you have Luca sleeping through the night.

      How did you do iiiiiiiiiiiiit!?!?!?!?!?

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  4. Cooper is so cute!
    marsha.kern@yahoo.com

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  5. Super cute. Where did you get the cute containers ?

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    1. Thank you!!!

      The containers with the smiley faces came with the Baby Bullet (from Toys R Us). They sell extra baby bullet containers at Canadian Tire too.

      The glass ones on the left are tiny glass lock containers. Costco was selling them about 6 months age and Homesense has some too. They are great for reheating since they are glass!

      :)

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  6. He sure is a Coopster, I just adore him! Love when you show his pictures too! -45 degrees? Wow, I think it's cold here at 17 degrees with a wind chill factor of -2:) Hope you do go somewhere warm soon!

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    1. It's so cold here that they cancelled school buses today! That has never happened since I've been teaching. Crazy. Just crazy!

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  7. hey Sarah - the Coopster may just be the most adorable baby of all time. Your comment about mummumum make me think of this YouTube video
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KWFfDyupGpQ

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    1. Thank you so much. :)

      P.S. That video is adorable!! I watched it twice and then made Alex watch it as soon as he came home.

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  8. He is adorable! My little one is serious around strangers, too! Probably a good thing, right?!

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    1. I like the way you think, girl! Our babies already know stranger danger! Haha!

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  9. Oh my word, it's not like others haven't said it but, those eye lashes! Woah! He' is so stinkin cute!

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  10. wahhhh! completely adorable! such a little man :)
    I hear ya on the sleeping bit ... our little Sadie is almost 7 months old and well, i'm a zombie for most of the day, LOL.

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    1. You don't know how good it makes me feel when I hear there are other babies who don't sleep either.

      Bahahaha!

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  11. Sarah- he is so precious! I LOVE the picture of him sleeping!! Melts my heart! You will have to let us know how swimming lessons go- I have never taken any of my other boys to swimming lessons that young, I have usually started them around two so let me know how it goes with Coopster! And you should definitely go somewhere warm!!

    Meggie

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    1. I heard from a few other moms at the playgroup that 8-9-10 months is a good age because they can have a bit of fun.

      The lessons actually start at 4 months but a few moms said it was a bit too young for the kiddos to enjoy it.

      I'm excited and I'll let you know how it goes!

      :)

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  12. He is getting so big and I am sooo behind on your blog...:(

    Lovin' his faux hawk, too, by the way...;)

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    1. Is it bad that I just want his hair to grow in at the top????

      :)

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  13. sarah.. what book are you using for baby food recipes? i've been trying my own mixes but need some help in the creative idea department!

    thanks :)

    and that baby is adooooorable!

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    1. Hey Lauren,

      I have one book that I've been using for a few months. It's called The Healthy Baby Meal Planner by Annabel Karmel. I really like it!

      I recently purchased The Best Homemade Baby Food on the Planet by Karin Knight as well as The Baby and Toddler Cookbook: Fresh, Homemade Foods for a Healthy Start by Karen Ferreira Charity Ansel. I haven't tried any recipes from the newest two books yet because there are still so many I want to try from the first book!

      I hope that helps. :)

      P.S. I'm pretty sure you can Google the author's name and some recipe ideas will come up on the internet if you don't feel like buying the book. :)

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