My friend Lindi blogged yesterday about how much it has been "sucking" having her daughter scream and yell while teething. Same here. Solomon goes through phases in the day when he cannot be pleased and is just sad and weepy and needs constant attention. I guess I'm a bad mommy, but it gets on my nerves. I just need him to self-occupy and he's not capable of it when his gums hurt so bad. Poor guy. Anyway, Lindi said her first daughter had no teething symptoms, so I sure hope that's the case if we ever go insane and have a second child. Maybe the 2nd will be fine with having teeth pierce his or her gums. Thank God that he seriously is the cutest child ever or I would have thrown him through the window so many times. On a lighter note, Solomon is finally exploring real solids. He snarfs babyfood, but has been reluctant to eat anything that isn't pureed. He will actually now put cereal puffs in his mouth without gagging. He seems to like them and I love watching him negotiate picking up the cereal puff and then getting to his mouth. It's funny.
He is into EVERYTHING. He absolutely pulls on, chews on, stands up on, crawls through and falls on everything he isn't supposed to be in or on. It's cute, but we're dismantling everything as we go so he won't hurt himself. The standing, sideways walking and crawling has definitely moved the whole thing to a new realm. Our house is really not babyproofed at all!I've posted a few pictures: http://www.haverhillstudios.com/gallery/9-months. Some of them show him digging into all of the places he shouldn't be. When I tell him "no", he simply turns around and giggles at me and goes back to what he was doing.
Alex and I just got back from tile shopping. We are redoing our master bathroom. It's basically gutted right now. I can't wait for this little project to be over. It will be so nice.
I can't wait for a day off this Friday!!
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That first photo of Solomon is awesome. It looks vintage, like it's from the 1960's.
I hope his tooth/teeth come soon. It's such a drawn-out process, especially the first tooth. You could always kick it "old school" and use some whiskey on the gums. hee hee...
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You crack me up! I always feel not alone after reading your blog. Natalie almost found herself abondoned this weekend too!! We have the same play yard...love it!! Have a good 4th.
Oh, I feel your pain! Good news is that Izzy seems to be done (for this round) with the teething, but it was a horrendous 2-3 days. Nothing really helps but one thing she liked (when in the mood) was frozen water in a bottle nipple. When you take the upside down nipple out of the freezer with frozen water in it, screw it back on the bottle so Sol can hold it. But like I said, if they want to cry, they're gonna cry. UGH. And I'm glad other moms voice their frustrations because like your friend Amy said, it DOES make me feel better! :)
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