MORE Teeth!

It turns out Fiona got three new teeth, not two. I was able to feel her upper gums Friday and found another one on the right side of her mouth. There is a bulge on the upper left gum, so I am sure she will get one more soon. Three teeth in one week explain why she has been acting so funny lately. Now she has a stuffy nose. We used the NoseFrida on her several times today and yesterday. I got a good look in her mouth and the teeth are definitely molars. Tiny little Fi sized molars.

She discovered the Tupperware drawer:

John spent some time today putting latches on some of the drawers and cabinets. The ones she can access have baby safe items that we don’t mind if she plays with them. The “locked” ones have things we don’t want her to play with right now. She is so fast now that it is impossible to keep her out of everything.

Thursday we went to the farmer’s market that is down the street. One of my former students works at his grandfather’s stand, so we like to stop and say hello, and buy strawberries that taste like candy. This week he was assisted by another former student of mine:

 

Fiona eating the strawberries:

 

She ate so many that she wasn’t hungry for dinner :(

Random photos of Fiona eating in general:

We received Fiona’s new car seat on Friday. She immediately started climbing all over it:

She wasn’t that happy about being strapped into it:

 

She hands us books and likes it when we read to her. On Saturday, John told her to bring him and book and she did! Later, she gave him the National Geographic and they had fun looking at it:

She had a hard time falling asleep for her nap on Saturday, so she wound up in bed with us. I cuddled her and fell asleep too:

Saturday afternoon we took a long drive down Highway 1 and saw a pod of dolphins. They were very close to shore. One dolphin was a lot smaller and was jumping and showing its tail. I love living close to the ocean!

Today we took a walk to the coffee shop. When we returned, I experimented with putting Fiona in the Ergo on my back. She liked it A LOT! She smiled and made little singing noises while I walked around and made silly noises:

By the way, those pants were not shorts a week ago.

On our walk, she wore a hat. The whole time, both directions, and did not try to take it off until we were indoors.

Fiona’s new car seat is installed in my car and we purchased a sun shade for her as well.

I am anxious about going back to work in two weeks. I’ll probably write more about that as the time gets closer.

Fiona Standing

Climbing out of the wagon:

She stood straight up from the ground again today, and took one step.

More importantly, she has two new teeth, on the bottom, one on each side of her mouth. I think they are her one year molars. I’m hoping this means a little peace and a little sleep. She ate a little more yesterday and today. I’m torn between wanting her to remain exactly as she is right now, with as few teeth as possible, and wanting her to get all of her teeth now just to get it over with. One way or another, I hope it’s not too painful for her (or us).  

I’m Soooo Tired

Lately, Fiona’s naps have been awful, almost nonexistent. It’s not helping that she is also waking multiple times at night. I’m exhausted. I feel like she has regressed to six or eight months old. She is nursing eight times a day again, even though during June and July she reduced nursing to four to six times a day. I think she is eating less. John thinks she is teething. It’s been so long since she actually had teething symptoms that I am not used to this.

At the same time, she is doing a lot of new things. She is standing up unassisted more and more by using an object to stand and then letting go. She is standing up without any help at all in the bath, she is crawling and standing while holding objects (in other words, carrying objects), putting rings on a pole and socks in a box, “walking” using the walking toy, taken a few steps toward me while I hold her hands, she is crawling through a tube. She is pointing and putting blocks into a sorter. She ate pizza and olives for the first time. She drank water from a spoon. I think she may have grown a little taller.

She loves the vacuum:

 

She is becoming a pickier eater, seeming to love something one day, then refusing it the next. Feeding her is becoming stressful. She eats best when she has a large variety of foods in front of her, but I can’t do that on a daily basis when I am alone.

The last week was a busy one. We has birthday parties (and more to come), had the car detailed, and found a new park to play in that has stairs Fiona can climb. On Wednesday, the County Fair opened and admission was only a dollar. Fiona, my mom, and I decided to go. We wanted to park in downtown and walk to the fair grounds, but the only available parking was pretty far from the fair. After walking a short distance, we decided to stop for lunch and had a delicious meal at Jonathan’s. They used to serve sort of Mediterranean style food, but now it’s more Middle Eastern and yummy! The chef saw that Fiona kept looking toward the kitchen and let us walk through and talked to us a little. We did a little shopping and I found a very cheap pair of used shoes in a style I have been searching for a long time. I am really liking and trying to take advantage of the great new second hand clothing stores that have lately cropped up in downtown.

On Thursday I took Fiona to a Hebrew lesson (for me, not for her), then went to a concert with John. I went to another concert with my mom the next day. We saw Pat Benetar at the fair and she was awesome! She sang all of her old favorite songs. Everyone was singing along and dancing. It was such a fun experience!

Today my parents, John, Fiona, and I went to the fair. We took a shuttle so that we did not have to pay for parking or deal with fair traffic. Fiona enjoyed the bus ride. We ate fair food (heart attack on a paper plate) and saw lots of farm animals, photography, and commercial exhibits. And Fiona rode a pony!

Fiona got to pet some goats and sheep:

My dad and I posed for a silly photo:

Fiona exploring:

 

 

I think her face is changing.

She still looks the same when she falls asleep in her stroller:

Cross your fingers for better sleep this week!