Who needs teeth anyways?
I've decided that maybe we don't need teeth. I mean, if it hurts as badly as I think it does to get molars why the heck would we put ourselves through that?
My little peanut already has 8 front teeth (yes, 8!!), 4 on the top and 4 on the bottom. The front teeth were admittedly a little rough, we had some tears, a little diaper rash and a few sleepless nights but overall it seemed easy in comparison to what we are going through now. She is now cutting molars... (I feel like I need scary background music)... to put it nicely, its brutal. Previously with the front teeth, teething tablets seemed to do the trick, we only had to use ibuprofin once or twice... well now it seems like there are days that without it Adelina might just cry all day long. And of course this one of those times that I just feel helpless. The good news is that she has 3 front molars that have cut through, and 1 more that seems to be taking its sweet time coming through. I took the time this morning to do a little research (http://www.ada.org/sections/scienceAndResearch/pdfs/patient_56.pdf) and it looks like maybe, just maybe (cross your fingers) we will have a couple month reprieve before more teeth come in. Here's hoping for Adelina's sake we get a little break once that final molar makes its appearance.
Besides all the fun that comes with these teeth, we are just enjoying our little toddler! Hard to believe that she is already 1 years old! She is quite independent and a little fiesty. She no longer allows us to feed her, everything has to be cut up in manageable pieces for her to eat with her fingers. Sign language is coming along and our little miss can tell us 'more', 'food', 'milk', and 'all done'. Its pretty neat to be able to communicate with her, and I hope that its less frustrating for her to deal with us, ha! As most kids, she does not enjoy hearing the word 'no' but we are using that more often these days
Walking is in our near future, Adelina is pulling up on all the furniture, cruising along and then speed crawling... I think walking will be here any day! Our daycare is anticipating walking as well and as such Adelina will soon be transitioning to the toddler room. I am admittledly being a bit crazy about it because I am truthfully not sure I am comfortable with the transition but I have to trust the experts right? The transition to the toddler room typically occurs when babies are walking and taking one nap a day, Adelina is not yet doing either but she is the most advanced and I do feel walking will happen any day now. Naps have always been a bit of an issue so we'll see what the transition is like.
With that... I'll leave you with this... I mean this lady looks pretty happy without teeth right?
