More Pear, Please

Baby and I went to the pediatrician today. Her mom and I had grown nervous about the way she was pulling at her ears, even though she wasn’t in evident pain. The doctor examined her, said her ears looked great, and explained that some itchiness in the ear canals can result from having a cold – which she has had for ten days. Better, as always, to have been safe than sorry.

Baby’s latest favorite food experience is eating a pear with her dad. Dad eats the skin and exposes the soft fruit, and then baby takes a real bite using her six front teeth. She chews and swallows with a look approaching rapture on her face and then looks alternately at me and the pear to request another bite.