The Inconvenient Tooth

Alexander is sprouting teeth. His rate of drool has increased by 740% in the last week. He soaks through a bib before we even have the bib fastened behind his neck. We are thinking about asking Vince from ShamWOW to get the Germans to make a special bib for our boy.

At first, we thought it was just one tooth, but this morning it looks as if he is getting two teeth at once. If you have one of those crime-fighting computers you see in movies with the ability to “enhance”, you can see at least one of the two teeth peeking through his gums on the front of his lower jaw:



Teething isn’t as fun as he makes it look in the above picture. He spends lots of time pulling on his ear, which is either a sign of referred teething pain or it's an homage to Carol Burnett. He’s dealing with it all like a little super trooper, though, and has never lost sight of the little things that make life great – such as mom making farty noises.


(yes, this went on for hours...)


His latest hobbies include….
- sitting upright for minutes at a time before getting distracted by a just-out-of-reach toy and toppling over
- trying to crawl, getting annoyed with lack of upper body strength, and then just rolling wherever he wants to go
- testing the patience of the local cats by lunging and grabbing for them whenever they walk by
- getting tickled and amusing parents with the results