Saturday, August 28, 2010
6 Months - Week 4 Part 2
Wouldn't it figure that as soon as I get everything posted that Cate would do something new! I sat her on the floor to play, in the sitting up position, just to practice and see how long she'd last before falling over...she sat there and played and never fell over! This is a first!
6 Months - Week 4
At the beginning of the week, Cate was still a little cranky from teething. She didn't do too bad with it though, only teething tablets a few times this week. Her two bottom teeth have completly broken through and are gradually growing tall. SHe has not been very cooperative in us getting a good picture of her teeth. See below.
Cate has finished her two containers of peaches. It has been the only food so far that she has made a sour face at, which surprised me considering she's chewed on peaches in her mesh teether before. As of yesterday, Cate has also finished her two containers of squash. She really liked it. In fact, she ate her cereal and a whole container of the squash last night. She will start bananas today.
Cate has been gigling and laughing alot more. It sounds different than before, more of a deep belly laugh now. It's really funny. She is also rocking more in her high chair, in her activity center or anytime she is sitting. I guess this is a sign she is closer to crawling. We must get cabinet locks, plug stoppers and a gate for the stairs soon!
Cate has discovered her rattles. These were a couple of her very first toys but I was nervous to give them to her early on since she had no control of her hands and arms. I was worried she'd smack herself in the head too much. She now loves them because of the noise they make. She has also discovered more toys and how they work on her activity center. She is hitting things more seeing what kinf od noise it makes and how it feels against her hands. She has started hitting the buttons on her activity center that says she color it is in English, Spanish and French. It's very funny to watch her do this. She hits it repeatedly and very fast so the noise is very funny.
My Uncle Steve was in Houston for work from Singapore. He was able to make time to come over and meet Cate. We went to a late dinner and visited with him. Cate however was very tired and didn't get to visit much. In fact, I didn't even get a picture of them together. :( However, later she did try her best at her Uncle Steve impression ;)
We have all had a slight cold this week due to the small chance in the weather. Cate has developed a cough as a result of the cold. She isn't really stuffy or snotty this time around, just has a cough. She has also had red eyes and more gunk needing to be cleaned out of her eyes. Shes has felt slightly warm a few times, but no major fever. She has had a fever this afternoon and we are trying to get it back down. But she seems to be in good spirits. Only a few outbursts. She has been pretty good during the day, but the nights have not been good for her cough. I guess her laying down for the long period of time has aggrevated her cough. She has been having coughing fits in teh middle of the night for about 30 minutes to an hour. So our sleep has been much interrupted the past several nights. Last night was the worst so far. We got her to bed a little late, then she was up at 11:40 coughing for about 30-45 mintues, then was up again around 2am coughing for about 15-20 minutes, and then woke up at 6am. I tried ot get her to go back to sleep, but she was wide awake. Going from Friday to Saturday is usually hard for her to adjust to when it comes to sleeping in. Cate is used to being woke up at 5:30am to leave for school. So she thinks she needs to wake up early on Saturday too, when she doesn't. Hopefully tonight she will sleep better and sleep in a little tomorrow morning.
After grocery shopping this morning, we decided to take a walk since it felt really nice out this morning. We have been putting her baby sunglasses on her to get her used to them, she does pretty well with them on. I was worried she was grab at them alot and she doesn't. I had been wondering if Cate was big enough to try her stroller without the car seat, so we gave it a try. She did really well in it. We went to see the ducks and feed them bread. We also got to see a few catfish in the pond. Cate fell asleep in her stroller before we got hom to head out and run more errands. She woke up again as soon as we got to grocery store number 2. But later fell back asleep again with her foot propped up in the side of her seat. It was pretty funny!
The rest of our weekend will likely consist of cleaning the house to prepare for Mike's parents, grandparents, sister, sister's b/f, brother, brother's g/f to come in town Labor Day weekend for his sister's 21st birthday. Next weekend is also the start of football season! yay! Very excite dto see Cate in her gameday outfit I bought her last year in Norman!
Cate has finished her two containers of peaches. It has been the only food so far that she has made a sour face at, which surprised me considering she's chewed on peaches in her mesh teether before. As of yesterday, Cate has also finished her two containers of squash. She really liked it. In fact, she ate her cereal and a whole container of the squash last night. She will start bananas today.
Cate has been gigling and laughing alot more. It sounds different than before, more of a deep belly laugh now. It's really funny. She is also rocking more in her high chair, in her activity center or anytime she is sitting. I guess this is a sign she is closer to crawling. We must get cabinet locks, plug stoppers and a gate for the stairs soon!
Cate has discovered her rattles. These were a couple of her very first toys but I was nervous to give them to her early on since she had no control of her hands and arms. I was worried she'd smack herself in the head too much. She now loves them because of the noise they make. She has also discovered more toys and how they work on her activity center. She is hitting things more seeing what kinf od noise it makes and how it feels against her hands. She has started hitting the buttons on her activity center that says she color it is in English, Spanish and French. It's very funny to watch her do this. She hits it repeatedly and very fast so the noise is very funny.
We have all had a slight cold this week due to the small chance in the weather. Cate has developed a cough as a result of the cold. She isn't really stuffy or snotty this time around, just has a cough. She has also had red eyes and more gunk needing to be cleaned out of her eyes. Shes has felt slightly warm a few times, but no major fever. She has had a fever this afternoon and we are trying to get it back down. But she seems to be in good spirits. Only a few outbursts. She has been pretty good during the day, but the nights have not been good for her cough. I guess her laying down for the long period of time has aggrevated her cough. She has been having coughing fits in teh middle of the night for about 30 minutes to an hour. So our sleep has been much interrupted the past several nights. Last night was the worst so far. We got her to bed a little late, then she was up at 11:40 coughing for about 30-45 mintues, then was up again around 2am coughing for about 15-20 minutes, and then woke up at 6am. I tried ot get her to go back to sleep, but she was wide awake. Going from Friday to Saturday is usually hard for her to adjust to when it comes to sleeping in. Cate is used to being woke up at 5:30am to leave for school. So she thinks she needs to wake up early on Saturday too, when she doesn't. Hopefully tonight she will sleep better and sleep in a little tomorrow morning.
After grocery shopping this morning, we decided to take a walk since it felt really nice out this morning. We have been putting her baby sunglasses on her to get her used to them, she does pretty well with them on. I was worried she was grab at them alot and she doesn't. I had been wondering if Cate was big enough to try her stroller without the car seat, so we gave it a try. She did really well in it. We went to see the ducks and feed them bread. We also got to see a few catfish in the pond. Cate fell asleep in her stroller before we got hom to head out and run more errands. She woke up again as soon as we got to grocery store number 2. But later fell back asleep again with her foot propped up in the side of her seat. It was pretty funny!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
6 Months - Week 3
Cate is 6 and a half months old now. She now has a second tooth. She has been less fussy the past two days since the second tooth has completely broken through. Her two little teeth are very cute on her.
She has completed her two containers of sweet potatoes and did very well with it. We started Peaches yesterday. I knew she would like it since she has had peaches before in her mesh teether.
She has been very happy and playful today. She slept until 7am, had her bottle, played in her activity center and then we all went grocery shopping. After shopping she had some cereal and she and I left to do some shopping. She took a short nap while at Target but then woke up and played while we did some more shopping around town. She took another nap when we got home. Cate had her lunch bottle after her nap then played on the floor with her new cell phone toy. We got this because it lights up when she hits the buttons. She loves to play with the TV remote because it does the same thing, however when she mashes the buttons she changes the channel, adjusts the volume or attempts to order on Demand! haha. So we got her something else that lights up. We considered getting her a little laptop since she's so intrigued with mine, but thought it would be too much right now. Maybe later :) After playing for a while, she had a snack and took her afternoon nap. I managed to finish dinner a little early so Mike and I ate while Cate finished her nap. Once she got up, she ate dinner (cereal and peaches). She played in her high chair for about an hour, then on the floor for another hour. She's settling down now, we'll get her bathed and to bed.
Cate is still attempting to crawl, but she only seems to move backwards and in a circle. She still gets on all fours and rocks back and forth.
She has also started rocking in her high chair more. She was doing it after dinner tonight and thought it was very funny!
She has been incredibly talkative today. "Ba-ba-ba-ba", gurgling, screaming, blowing raspberries and her typical baby talk. She has a very sweet voice.
She has gotten alot better at entertaining herself lately. She will play on the floor or in her bed alot longer than she used to. She played for a whole hour in her high chair after dinner tonight before needing to get out. She is sitting up better for the most part, however she tends to spread out her legs in weird positions. We also got her a new cup today with a straw to see if she would take to it over the sippy cup. I couldn't find one with a straw and handles, so I'm not sure it'll work out. But she certainly tried.
She hits her hand on everything now trying to see what kind of noise it makes. She hits her hand on the floor, the couch, herself, you, her chair, her bed...everything. If she finds it makes a loud enough noise, she'll giggle at it and continue to hit it. It's very funny when she slaps her tray on her high chair when I'm feeding her as if she's saying "Service! Where's my food!"
It's now bath time then bedtime! Cate says "Goodnight"
Thursday, August 19, 2010
6 Months
The past two days while feeding Cate in her highchair, she has started rocking. It looks much like when she is attempting to crawl on the floor. She props herself up on all fours, head down on the floor, and rocks back and forth. I have not discovered why she's rocking in her chair, but it's kinda funny. Not sure if she will continue this.
Cate has been responding very well for eating solid foods. She did great with the green beans, which is what we started her on first.
We have only been giving her half the container of food at a time right now to make sure she does not have an allergy. However, on our first taste of flavored food when it was time to take it away, someone was NOT very happy!
During the week we introduced the green beans I also accidently introduced oatmeal with bananas. I say accidently because I thought I had gotten rice cereal with bananas, not oatmeal. About a day or two after starting the oatmeal, Cate broke out in a full body rash. No bumps, just spots. No fever. However, I'm not fully convinced that the rash was not (also) related to teething. She had also developed a diaper rash at the same time.
Thankfully, the rash has gone away, but no oatmeal for a while, just in case that was it!
After her 6 month check up at the doc, we went back to baby food again.
We introduced apples. She realty liked this too. We have then started sweet potatoes this week. She does half the container and then some rice cereal. She has now gotten to where she does not take a bottle at all after.
Cate has one more half of a container of sweet potatoes left this week and we will move on to peaches!
Cate has also started chewing on her spoon once it gets in her mouth. I say chew because she now has a couple of teeth that have come through!
It's a little hard to see in the photo, but they are there! She has been a little better the past few days since the second tooth broke through. Sleeping has been better and her fussiness has calmed too.
For now...that's all happening at the moment with Cate.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
First Blog - Keeping up with Cate
In an attempt to keep up with what is happening in Cate's world, both for myself and family/friends, I have decided to create this blog. I hope to update it weekly, at least, with all things new with Cate!
I realize that I am actually starting this late. Cate is 6 and a half months old already! I considered attempting to back track and start from the beginning and play catch up, which I may still do. But I have never done a blog and I'm not sure how it all works, as far as the dates go. So I may just have to start now and work my way forward and just not include the first 6 months. We'll see.
So, until I figure it all out, I suppose this concludes my first blog posting, which turned out to be not so much about Cate as it was me rambling on how I'm going to do this! Ha!
I realize that I am actually starting this late. Cate is 6 and a half months old already! I considered attempting to back track and start from the beginning and play catch up, which I may still do. But I have never done a blog and I'm not sure how it all works, as far as the dates go. So I may just have to start now and work my way forward and just not include the first 6 months. We'll see.
So, until I figure it all out, I suppose this concludes my first blog posting, which turned out to be not so much about Cate as it was me rambling on how I'm going to do this! Ha!
