Baby Steps...

My mom and sister got Nathan these really awesome toys for Christmas and his birthday that will help him learn to walk. This week, he starting taking his first wobbly steps with them! It's adorable! He stands up behind them and pushes the train out as far as he can without falling over, then puts one foot in front of the other. He does it very gingerly. He has had only one pretty bad spill and that was tonight. He was walking on the kitchen floor and was wearing a sleeper... so his feet were pretty slippery. I picked him up and after about a minute or two, he was back walking, this time on the carpet. When you fall off the horse, you have to get back in the saddle. Or something like that. People keep saying to be careful what I wish for and I understand that. Before too long, he will be walking and running like a pro!

Nathan has been fighting a cold/sinus issue/croup thing since November. This past Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, Nathan and I were up twice. 10:15pm and then 2:15am. The second time we were up was the first time he moaned and whimpered after each cough. He even began to anticipate the cough so he would wimper even more. Since it was so early in the morning and I did not want his yelling to wake the neighbors, all I could think to do was put on a Winnie the Pooh dvd that my sis gave me. It worked because after just a few minutes, he was in a zone. After 20 minutes, I was able to put him back to bed. And it was then that I decided to take him to the doctor AGAIN. For the third time. This time, the doc decided to treat for a sinus infection even though he said that was unlikely the cause. Nathan is on a 10 day treatment with amoxicillin. You know, the pink stuff that tastes like bubble gum? If this doesn't work then he will have to get a chest x-ray. His ears are perfect and his lungs sound fine but there may be something there that the doctor can't hear. He started Wednesday night and so far, his fever has gone down and his coughing has decreased. His nose has started pouring out more which I think is a good sign. Maybe it has been a sinus infection all along and now his sinuses are cleaning out! Last night we both went to bed extra early and we both needed it. We'd been keeping Dracula hours.

Last thing... I love that Nathan can drink cow's milk now!!!!!!!! I just open the milk and pour it in a cup or bottle. So much easier than being tied to a milking machine.

Happy new year to you all! I'm sure glad it's 2011!

Kisses
Toni