Andrea’s Weblog

What drools, fusses, coughs, poops a lot and wakes up every hour all night long? A teething baby! So the fun begins as we enter “pre-teething.” I didn’t expect this teething thing to start so soon, so I had no idea what was wrong with her until I spoke with my mom. After mom said she might be teething, I looked it up and she had every symptom. I went to the store and bought anything I could find to help her out- teething rings, stuff to make homemade apple juice popsicles…tylenol. I also took her to the doctor to be sure she didn’t have an ear infection of something else bothering her. She weighed 13 pounds 2 oz.

This marks yet another phase in Elizabeth’s growth. And I do mean growth. We were at a breastfeeding support group and there were a bunch of little ones there. Elizabeth was the same size (lengthwise) as a five and a half month old there. No wonder the 3-6 month clothes she has are getting small on her already! She hasn’t pudged out though, so she still can’t fit into the 3-6 month pants yet. I’ve tried to buy a lot of dresses and “onesies” without feet. It’s terrible for a girl so young to have so many fashion dilemmas.

She’s also entertaining herself for longer periods. She can survive a 30 minute car ride - awake- and entertaining herself with Mr. Chickie Chick. Whew!

Her personality is starting to be more evident. She smiles all the time and we even got a few giggles from her. Her first giggle occured when she first saw Frank’s friend Kevin. Kevin isn’t funny looking at all, so I’m not sure what she was struck her as funny. Then there’s the attention-getting raspberry noise. What’s a baby to do with all this extra drool but make bubbles and noises?