Hey, Girlie! How are you doing? Daddy and I adore you, do you know that?
I know your teeth are really bothering you lately, but I just wanted you to know how proud Daddy and I are of you. Even when you’re uncomfortable, you manage to brighten our lives with big, gummy, slobbery smiles and cute, hilarious squeals of excitement.
Sara had a huge meltdown this evening. I now have full sympathy for anyone whose little one is/was a colicky baby because that ear-piercing, heart-breaking cry is something else… Sara got so worked up she wouldn’t even nurse, which as any breastfeeding mother knows is hard not to take personally. I put a finger in her mouth to feel for the tooth bud that’s appeared, and she gummed my finger hard and stopped crying — AHA! Teething pain is at a peak tonight. With that to go on, I gave her a dose of the herbal teething tablets I bought from Amazon.com after the gals on my BabyCenter.com birth board mentioned them. She still cried at my breast with that, so after trying to console her for several minutes I gave her a dose of Tylenol. I swear right after that, she nursed for a maximum of two minutes and fell-fast-asleep. She’s been sleeping soundly for about 20 minutes now… knock on wood, she’ll get enough sleep in to help get through the worst of the pain tonight. She actually slept entirely through the night last night, which is a first for her, but not one I can truly celebrate since it only occurred because she refused to nap at all yesterday.
I know I thought it was happening a month or so ago, but I was premature. However, now Sara has a definite tooth bud appearing on her upper jaw, left side, towards the back. I finally discovered it yesterday when she was calm enough to let me poke and look around her gumline!
She’s a drool-monster these days, and is definitely a little fussier and less apt to nap for long periods. The most obvious thing, in retrospect, is that she’s pushing her whole fist into her mouth to get fingers near that tooth bud to soothe her gums. (Good way to discover your gag reflex, babe!) I have herbal teething tablets arriving from Amazon.com tomorrow that should help her a little bit, so we’re not having to dose her with Tylenol.
Decided this entry fit better on my WildTexas.com outdoor recreation website –
{link} Tour de France is Dead/Dying
I beefed up the post after further reading. This Tour is crumbling so badly I don’t even want to see the finish in Paris. I actually feel sorry for whomever wins the Tour overall because the scandals are further tarnishing the sport and overshadowing all individuals’ honest achievements in the race.
Reposted from Miles Levin’s CarePage (More on Miles), posted by his mother, Nancy Levin. This is such a good post for all moms (and dads) to read — do so, you won’t regret it:
I’m a big believer in the notion that we must all, as Gandhi said, “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” I’m a fallible human being (well, that’s redundant!) so I often fail to even remotely live up to that ideal, but it’s always there… pleading for me to listen.
I have many wonderful role models in my life. Two of them are my parents, Tom and Christy, who have literally lived a life I now model in many ways. Today marks their fortieth wedding anniversary. Forty years! I’m so happy for them, and blessed to have them in my life.
