Her Response Had Some Bite to It

Well, Baby B explained the reason for some of her crankiness and out-of-sorts behavior: the top right tooth has come through and the one next to it looks like it's coming through, too. I noticed the tooth yesterday when she was chewing on my chin. Being bigger than the bottom teeth, I think babies have a harder time with the top ones -- more gum surface area to erupt through. But now that she has the bottom two pretty much out all the way, she's doing something funny with her grin, jutting her jaw out and moving it around so you can see the teeth. It's hysterically funny to see. Her cold is still bothersome, but the teething may answer why her ears were bothering her. It might just have been residual pain from the gums.

Last night was a banner one on the life of Baby Brigid and the crib. She started her night there and slept nearly two and a half hours there, waking up about 2 a.m. only to drift off again for 20 minutes more. At that point, she had had enough and was starting to stand up and wail. About 4 a.m. she woke up screaming, like she was either in tremendous pain or had had a bad, very bad dream. I scooped her up and comforted her and she calmed down pretty well, drifting off again. Her mornings have been kind of fitful, but she stays asleep until about 8:30 regularly. That's not bad.

Margaret and Patricia go today for their flu shots after school. I'm hoping for a trauma-free afternoon. But because Patricia has to finish her book report this afternoon/evening, it probably will be far from traumatic. She's going to be a maniac, I'm sure.