All About Cate: 10 Months

Not sure if I got off count, but Cate this was the last week Cate is 10 months old. She will be 11 months old on Jan. 4. Which means we are about a month shy of Cate turning a year old! Can you believe it!?

This week we all had the week off. Cate's school was closed so Mike and I took the week off to spend with Cate and try to get some things done around the house. When we got home from Shreveport for Christmas, Cate had come down with a cold. She started running fever. We got the fever down but it would come back. I decided to take her to the doctor on Wednesday. The doc said her cold was just a typical cold the she picked up, nothing in her chest. But when she checked her ears, we found the reason for Cate's fussiness and why she wasn't sleeping well. Cate has an ear infection. We started her on antibiotics and benadryl (for the cold).

Since we started her on the antibiotics and some tylenol for the pain, Cate has been a lot better. She went from laying around and not willing the play to up and around again. She is still fussy from time to time and till having a little issue getting to sleep but nothing like before we started the meds. The fever has been gone and the cold is still lingering some. We will go back after about 10 days to see the doc again and check on her ear to make sure the infection is all gone. So until then, we stick with the antibiotics and tylenol.

While home Cate has gotten to enjoy many of her Christmas gifts. She tried out a couple our first day home since it was game day!

Cate also tried out her new walking Dino. We've been trying to get her to take steps while she's standing and she will not do it. She wants to hold on to you or something before taking a step. Or if she is standing, she will sit down and crawl to you instead of taking a step. So we started working with her and the dinosaur walker to get her moving. I was worried about letting her push off by herself with it, so I walked/crawled behind her as she pushed. At one point, I let go for a second and she took off with him! She didn't go for long because she realized I wasn't behind her. We need to get her used to doing it alone.