Things are changing...

One thing that parents have in common is FATIGUE. Of course being a nursing student I know the general definition of fatigue. However, I decided to actually look it up. It says: extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness. You may be thinking "of course she's exhausted...she has a 3 week old baby!" or "duh, you're crazy having a baby in the middle of the semester!" And honestly, I am thinking the exact same thing. Now, Brady and I have been working very hard to get Cooper on a schedule. Everything seemed to be going okay after the first week home. Cooper was going to be alright and only waking up twice! Amazing is what we were thinking but of course our goal is to get a full night sleep for the 3 of us. Then the real fun began! Not only was Cooper NOT sleeping...he was screaming ALL night long and pretty fussy ALL day long. After 2 days of trying everything we could think of we decided to put my nursing books into good use and search out what was going on with our child (and we did this at 2:30 am while Cooper is still crying bloody murder). After about 3 minutes of looking things up we immediately thought colic. The constant rumbling in his tummy, the gas that he has been passing, the gulping of his milk, and the projectile vomiting that he has lead us to the conclusion of colic. So the rest of the night we held Cooper until he calmed down and put him back in his bed. This continued into late morning and the first thing I did was head to Wal-Mart to purchase different bottles. I ended up getting the bottles with the bags to let out all the air! The bottles have seemed to make a HUGE difference. All day yesterday Cooper was a happy baby! He smiled all the time, was calm, only fussed a few times, and slept for a full 7 hours from 10:00 to 5:00!! YES! So overall, hopefully things will continue to get better and our baby boy will be a little bit more comfortable and enjoy life.