Six Months
On Friday 23rd Dec Cooper reached the 6 month milestone. What a wonderful six months it has been! Cooper is getting so clever at playing. He can sit up, roll over, scootch around. Two days after his 6 month mark, he was up on his hands and knees, so I'm wondering how far away crawling will be. He moves towards and reaches out for his toys, swapping them around from hand to hand to mouth. He loves interacting with and being around people. Twinkle little star is one of his favourite nursery rhymes.
Of course, with the age milestone came the immunisations. He was quite sad on Friday.
Christmas
Cooper's first Christmas was not especially spectacular from his point of view. He had a cute little elf outfit that he wore to several parties. I don't think he was aware o f the outfit itself, but he loved wearing it because he got lots of attention, which he loves :) He slept through half the first Christmas party. When it came to pressies, he had a go at unwrapping them, getting better with each round, but was still generally more interested in the paper. He was very spoilt!
Drugs
On boxing day (Mon), Cooper began to crash. His eye that has been sticky on and off since birth got lots worse, so we started on the conjunctivitus drops that I'd fortunately brought along. (We were up at the farm for a week.) His temperature was rising, so we began to give him panadol. He was getting hoarse, which turned into a cough, and leaking snot. He was sleeping for hours on end. And worst of all, he was SAD! So so sad.
By Wed morning, his temp was over 38 degrees celcius and he couldn't even manage to muster up one smile. That's when I cried. When my happy, happy baby couldn't smile, I knew he wasn't good. I hate to see him so sad.
A trip to Bordertown to visit the lovely local doctor, and a dose of antibiotics was prescribed for a chest infection. He's had just the one dose so far, but is still coughing and sad. I'm hoping it starts to work really quickly. My poor baby :(
Poor Cooper. I hope he's feeling much better really soon and that you're all happy and cheery by the new year.
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