Mega-Teething

Baby is pushing out two molars on the same side of her mouth, side by side on the upper right. What that means is that she is experiencing roughly twice the quantity of pain that she has seen at one time before, that she is disoriented at certain junctures by all of the information being sent from one little corner of her mouth, and that when she gets to the other side of this trial she will be a different, and a stronger, person. In the meantime, it is my job to remember as often as possible what she is going through – to put her distracted, anxious disposition into perspective.

I got to give her another bottle today. She fell asleep when it was nearly empty, and I put her on her back on the air mattress we’re using as a bed in my in-laws’ basement. When she woke an hour later, I gave her a few more ounces of formula and put her to sleep on my chest. Her mom came home an hour later and told us we were very cute. She was probably right.