Cooper has to sleep without his ability to hear when he takes his cochlear implants out at night, which causes him to crawl into bed with his mom and dad. “George and I go to bed. Then, Cooper will come and poke George and he leaves, and Cooper lays down with me. I get Cooper to sleep and then go back with George, and then I go to sleep and the cycle continues,” Jennifer Briggs said. Jennifer Briggs, Cooper’s mom, wakes him up from her bed before school with a hug. “He is a very loving child. His love is when he first wakes up and when he goes to bed. That is his time to show affection. He wants to wake up with a hug. He wants to give you a hug before bed,” Jennifer said.