Yesterday (the 5th) marked our baby's 4 month birthday mark. WOW! I can't believe it. It feels like it has gone so fast, yet I can't remember life without her either. We've reached a new landmark. A joyous time called 'Teething.'I'm no parenting expert, but I knew something was up. Drool, fussiness, chewing on everything... She doesn't have any teeth showing yet, but I looked up on the trusty internet some signs of babies who are teething. These 5 symptoms fit Brinkley to the tee:1. Drooling: Ummm, yeah. Talk about drool, all the time, everywhere. I'm immune to it now. I have drool running down my shirt and arm and it doesn't even phase me. Her shirt right below her chin is always soaking wet. My little 6 year old neighbor likes to hold Brinks, but whenever she does she says "Brinkley is drooling on me again. Will you wipe it off?"
2. Gnawing: To gnaw is the perfect word. Anything she can grab she puts to her mouth and gnaws on it, which highly contributes to the excess volume of baby drool.
3. Crying: If you know my baby, she doesn't cry very often (only if she's hungry - that' s my girl!). So, I change this one to 'fussy.' Out of nowhere, she became more fussy than normal. That was totally unexplainable to me until I figured out she's probably teething. Whew! I was worried my perfect baby was now fussy. Not so! I keep telling myself that this is just a stage of her life.
4. Fasting: Whattoexpect.com says: "your baby may refuse to nurse or eat, or may nurse briefly and then turn away." This is not normal for Brinkley. She usually loves to eat! But, sure enough, her feedings have become shorter. She would rather look up at my beautiful shining face than eat sometimes.
5. Waking: This has been the toughest adjustment. I feel as if we've taken a step backwards. She was either only waking up once during the night or sleeping through the night... until now! I feel like she's three weeks again; waking up twice a night and then getting up REALLY early! (I am not a morning person, she is :(
Despite all this, she still has her huge happy smiles. Isn't it exciting? Our little baby may have tiny white teeth soon!
AND just for our fans looking enjoyment, here are some cute pictures of Brinkers and us:
9 comments:
Oh she is so cute! Oh and the joys of teething! Max gets so fussy when he gets teeth, but thank goodness he only has 2 teeth, which really is lifesaver for me since he still nurses!
You guys are sooo cute I love looking at your blog and seeing all the new things that are going on. And Brinkley is getting so big and she is so cute in all of her pictures even the drooling one1!!! If I had any advice for the teething phase I would give it to you but you definitely got me there. So good luck you'll do great!!! Keep smiling!
eeewwwee sick look at all that drool!!! Ha Ha!!! Cute blog post about Brinkers. I loved all the pictures!
That drool picture is the cutest! Kayden has two teeth on the bottom now, he did the exact same thing Brinkley did! There's so much slobber!!
hayley! you're family is so adorable! thank you for posting on my blog. you're baby girl is so beautiful! wow, pittsburgh eh? that's awesome! good luck with med school, i'm excited to keep in touch! love ya hayley bug!
She is the cutest baby ever until mine is born!!!!!!!!!!!! Just like her adorable mama! Love you Hayley! Your blog is so cute!
You guys are SO cute! I love the group family shots! MAN DO WE MISS YOU!
Oh, she's still so cute, even though she doesn't feel well. We are in the same teething boat, and have been for about a month now. No teeth yet though, I keep thinking it will happen this week, and well...it's been 5 now!
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