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A loving and patient caregiver to a teething baby. Earplugs a must. Patience required. Lots of hugs, snuggles and otter pops. Only needed for a few weeks, until tooth appearance. Future help, if available, will also be needed. Must bring own kleenex.

They're Coming! They're Coming!

Yesterday was a day like any other, only 4 days before Christmas. Aftyn and I went grocery shopping, I worked on some projects while she slept, nothing out of the ordinary. And later that evening as we had Family Home Evening, Reed wiped Aftyn's runny nose while we pondered if she had a cold, why she was sneezing so much and where it had come from. Off to bed, and around midnight, a cry arose from Aftyn's room, which has not been "the norm" for quite some time. If anything, when Aftyn is awake, she will just start to talk to herself and we will follow up with sticking her binki back in, rolling her back to her sleeping position, the "L", and turning on her white noise.

Reed had only recently gone to bed when her cry arose, and since he had work in the morning, I went to Aftyn's room to stick her binki back in. Several times. None of the times seemed to be doing the trick. She just continued to cry.

Until it hit me after about 30 minutes. Aftyn is teething! Holy cow! I felt inside her mouth, and sure enough, she didn't want me to have anything to do with the top of her gums. We had luckily already prepared for this moment. With teething tablets, Orajel and tylenol, Aftyn was back to slumberland only a short 30 minutes later. As I lay down to finally go back to sleep, I thought, man what a blessing that we were prepared. The end. Or really, just the beginning.

Any tips on how to deal with this snotty sneezy baby that has replaced my own happy child?

Dear Grandma,

Here's what I've been up to:

Giving Mommy kisses!

Guess who I ran into last night?!?

Click on the picture above to see Aftyn's mole on her hand. Her first beauty mark! :)
Don't worry, a doctor is watching it to make sure it's not a bad thing.

What a funny face, huh?

To All of Aftyn's Grandma's Who Live In Texas

There will be pictures tomorrow.

I promise.

In the meantime, let me just share with you Aftyn's newest things!
- lots of tongue movement, which helped when I fed her some graham cracker crumbs a few days ago. She loved them! She was trying to lick her lips tonight when Reed let her full on lick a lot of buttercream frosting off his cookie. Naughty Daddy!!

- no crawling yet! But she still manages to move around a lot, when she needs or wants to.

- She is getting really good at reaching for Eskimo kisses. I have been giving them to her since she was only a few days old, and now she gives them back! Also, she gives lots of open mouth kisses, mostly to me, on my cheeks.

- she seems like she is going through a less fussy, happy more of the time kind of phase. I am enjoying it! She is also a lot more giggly. Very cute.

Until tomorrow!