I've Got Teeth!

Every weekday morning, our house has the same routine.  The alarm goes off at 6:00 or 6:15 (depending on what kind of work load we have).  I get up, feed Ninja, and let Filch out.  I listen to make sure the coffee maker is brewing away, and then I go grab Juliet out of her crib.  We spend a minute or two in her nursery snuggling and trying to locate a burp cloth.  Then Juliet and I head to the kitchen where we make Ray a cup of coffee.  Coffee in hand, we let Ninja back inside and then go pile up in bed.  I feed Juliet and Ray drinks his coffee.  Ray, bless his heart, is not a morning person.  He takes a while to wake up.  Juliet and I don't have that problem.  She is all smiles in the morning, and it doesn't matter to her that it's well before the sun is up. 

This time of day, when it's just the three of us piled up in bed, is my absolute favorite time of day.  Everything is calm and quiet, and none of the world's stresses have had a chance to creep into our lives yet.  These moments in the early morning quiet with my husband and daughter remind me that there is a God and that He is very, very good.

On Wednesday morning, after I'd fed Juliet, I was letting her gnaw on my finger.  She's been teething for months now, but she has been very intent on chewing anything and everything lately.  I felt some sharp little baby teeth, but I assumed they were still beneath the gum since I've been able to see them for a couple of weeks now.  I didn't think too much about it, and I eventually passed Juliet to Ray so that I could start getting ready for work.

When I went by to feed Juliet at lunch, I remembered feeling something sharp in her mouth, so I pried her baby mouth open and looked.  Sure enough, her two bottom teeth were there.  Just barely above the surface, but they are most certainly there!  So, Juliet got her first teeth (two at the same time!) at six months, nine days. 

Her chewing hasn't slowed a bit since she cut her teeth.  But we're so lucky!  She never ran a fever, she was never terribly fussy, and she didn't seem to be in too much pain from teething.  I hope all of her other teeth come in just as easily!

Proof that the best baby toys are free.

Using her new teeth