Sweet Stretch

For the last three nights Bright has been clocking about 7-8 hour stretches at night. He has been ready for the day to start at 5:00am though too because of this. Ugh! Well- we'll all figure it out and get back on track eventually. I was reading BabyCenter.com on the updates for our 11 month- 3 year baby. It said that most babies by 12 months have 2-3 teeth. That made both Andy and I crack up in a semi-hysterical (and not in the funny ha-ha) way as we looked at out not yet 12 month old with 8 teeth, currently drooling up a stream while working on first year molars. Jeesh Bright- we know you are advanced but the teething we could really just give a rest for a bit and things would be okay...:) His teething has to be the most drawn out, frustrating process for him. It makes him miserable off and on for weeks until one pops out. Today the poor guy actually bit me hard on the shoulder he was so frustrated. Not that he hasn't bitten either of us before, because oh, has he ever. I remember when we would let him suck on our finger instead of a paci as a newborn. We were both dead set against that from the start, although we did have two of them and yes we did use them in emergencies and no, they never really worked. To this day Bright will find them around the apartment and pick them up and chew on them the wrong way. Then the teething started and Bright would chomp on our fingers with his little gummy mouth and then he started adding more pressure to it and it would be uncomfortable. Then the teeth popped out and he was like a gnawing puppy. He would get excited and nip us, he would get tired and nip, etc. All of these were redirected and easily forgiven. Today's bite was way, way harder and made me actually cry. Forgiven- yes, but after I gave myself a baby break. we all need them from time to time.

Friday I cashed in my gift certificate from Christmas and got myself a first time ever pedicure. Thanks Mom and Pop! I think I might be hooked. I asked Andy what color to get before I left and he said pink, so I came back with a sweet Pepto-Bismal pink. Bright promptly came over and tried prying my toenails off my toes.

The sick is still hovering around this place. Bright's nose is still crusty and he has a cough still. His ears must still be bugging him since he keeps poking his fingers in there and has woken up three times in the last hour since we put him down. But he also digs at his fingers when his teeth are bothering him since apparently the same nerve that runs along their gums also feeds their ears. Wish I had my own otoscope so I could check it out at home. Off to bed for some hopefully healing sleep.