My beast's Latin name is Toothicus Rarus, but around our house we call him Ol' Chomper. He is a newborn and the only of his kind for the time being. I knew that eventually he and more of his kind would be born, but I did not expect him so soon. That is why unsuspecting and unprepared last Sunday I allowed River to grab my index finger and pull it to his mouth as he does with everything he can get his hands on. With my finger inside his mouth the once harmless and gummy bite turned painful and I discovered the existence of Ol' Chomper for the first time. I was in such shock and awe that I immediately ran downstairs to wake my sleeping husband and share the discovery with him.
River hit the big 5 month mark on Valentine's Day and Ol' Chomper made his first appearance almost an entire week earlier. I expected teething to start around the 6-9 month range but River decided to catch us off guard and start it at 4 months and 3 1/2 weeks old. Luckily, the arrival of Ol' Chomper has not seemed to bother River too much. He has occasionally had his moodier moments insisting to be carried around by Mommy to keep the crying at bay but otherwise he has done real well and continues to get happier, gigglier and wigglier each day. Knock on wood, we will continue to have luck through the teething process and will only have occasional moodiness. Another added bonus is that he is sleeping much longer and so we have been able to increase his 8 hour sleep schedule to 10. He now goes to bed at 9 pm, I give him a bottle between 10-10:30 pm before I go to bed, I feed him again when he gets up in the night and then he sleeps until 7 am. This is HUGE because a week ago it was a struggle to keep him in his crib until 6 am. Last night after a bottle at 10:30 pm he didn't wake up again until 4:30 am and after he ate he went right back to sleep until a little after 7 am. So perhaps Ol' Chomper is not the feared beast that I expected but instead a wonderful blessing to my sleeping pattern :)
I will continue to hunt for a good picture of Ol' Chomper and will post it as soon as I capture one. Ol' Chomper is very visible when River is smiling and crying. Hopefully I will get a picture of Ol' Chomper with the former.
Before I end this post I want to let everyone know that we lost a loved and trusted member of our parenting tools over the weekend and gained a new one. So I would like to say to River's bouncy chair, we thank you for your months of dedicated service. You will be sorely missed.
And I would like to welcome the Flying Saucer (as DH calls it) to our family and our home. May your days be long and may River love you like he loved his bouncy chair.
Oh, and one more thing... Here is a really cute picture of River in the 1980's butt rock outfit that DH put him in on Friday. He's not gonna to take it... NO! He ain't gonna take it! He's not gonna take it ANYMORE!
~Moby Jill
River hit the big 5 month mark on Valentine's Day and Ol' Chomper made his first appearance almost an entire week earlier. I expected teething to start around the 6-9 month range but River decided to catch us off guard and start it at 4 months and 3 1/2 weeks old. Luckily, the arrival of Ol' Chomper has not seemed to bother River too much. He has occasionally had his moodier moments insisting to be carried around by Mommy to keep the crying at bay but otherwise he has done real well and continues to get happier, gigglier and wigglier each day. Knock on wood, we will continue to have luck through the teething process and will only have occasional moodiness. Another added bonus is that he is sleeping much longer and so we have been able to increase his 8 hour sleep schedule to 10. He now goes to bed at 9 pm, I give him a bottle between 10-10:30 pm before I go to bed, I feed him again when he gets up in the night and then he sleeps until 7 am. This is HUGE because a week ago it was a struggle to keep him in his crib until 6 am. Last night after a bottle at 10:30 pm he didn't wake up again until 4:30 am and after he ate he went right back to sleep until a little after 7 am. So perhaps Ol' Chomper is not the feared beast that I expected but instead a wonderful blessing to my sleeping pattern :)
I will continue to hunt for a good picture of Ol' Chomper and will post it as soon as I capture one. Ol' Chomper is very visible when River is smiling and crying. Hopefully I will get a picture of Ol' Chomper with the former.
Before I end this post I want to let everyone know that we lost a loved and trusted member of our parenting tools over the weekend and gained a new one. So I would like to say to River's bouncy chair, we thank you for your months of dedicated service. You will be sorely missed.
And I would like to welcome the Flying Saucer (as DH calls it) to our family and our home. May your days be long and may River love you like he loved his bouncy chair.
Oh, and one more thing... Here is a really cute picture of River in the 1980's butt rock outfit that DH put him in on Friday. He's not gonna to take it... NO! He ain't gonna take it! He's not gonna take it ANYMORE!
~Moby Jill
2 comments:
Yay for sleeping more!!! Nadia started to give up her nighttime feedings around 6 months so who knows maybe the same will be true for River. She has been sleeping 11-12 hours without any feedings the last 2 months. Nadia got her first tooth around 6 months but since she was born 1 month early that was about 5 months adjusted age. She got two at the sae time but unlike River she was VERY fussy during that time. We used a lot of Tylenol and Motrin!!! It took me a few weeks to get pictures of her teeth also, but now they show up in a fair amount of photos when she's smiling.
WHAT A CUTIE!
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