We decided to give Cooper a second meal yesterday – just before his bath time. Mark fed him some Farex and pear and he ate it all up. So I'm thinking he definitely doesn't like banana. I tried banana again this morning and he didn't want a bar of it. I don't know whether to keep going with a second meal yet. I just tried it yesterday to see what he did with it.

He woke at 4.00 am again this morning and I fed him. For a while there I thought he wasn't going to go back to sleep but eventually he did and slept until sometime after 6.00 am. Mark was up getting ready for work so he looked after him while I stayed in bed until about 7.00 am.

I really don't understand why he's waking at 4.00 am instead of 5.00 am. I feel bad complaining when some of you are being woken a number of times during the night. But I guess for what I am used to, this is not good!!!

He's slept well today. He's had 2 naps already which were over 1 hour each and he settled himself with minimal grizzling. He's just gone down for a third nap now.

We're going away this weekend for 2 nights (Friday and Saturday) - down to Kingscliff. Cooper's first trip interstate! We're going with Mark's family for his dad's birthday.

Mads – Glad to hear Freya had a good night sleep last night. That is fantastic news. I'm very happy for you. I hope can get some sleep too!

Don't feel too bad about the dirty nappy. That's happened to me before. Sometimes they are very sneaky with their poos!

kmh – I hope you hear from the sleep school tonight.

carlys – Doing CC must be so hard. I hope it keeps working for you!

Fraser – I've been writing down everything I have been feeding Cooper (just in a Word document). I get a bit pedantic that way. Remember, I wrote down Cooper's feeds, poos and wees for 6 months!!! I hope I don't get obsessed with writing down his solids. I thought it might be handy initially. I won't do it for too long I don't think.

Yay for Charlie's teeth!