GABBY'S FIRST TOOTH!

Gabby's FIRST tooth popped through on Tuesday!  We've said she's been teething, but she really hasn't been fussy.  Don't get me wrong, she gets in her moods and she does fuss sometimes, but we've heard that when your baby is teething, life is absolutely miserable, and ours wasn't at all, so when I felt a tooth I was really surprised!  She was chewing on my knuckle on Tuesday, which she usually does, and I felt something sharp and it hurt! I screamed because it surprised me and it startled her (sorry Gabs).  I put my knuckle in her mouth again, thinking it was one of her nails but her hands weren't anywhere near her mouth.  So I felt on her gums and sure enough there was one on her bottom gum!  One of her front ones.  YAY GABBY!  I can tell there is one on the top that is about to pop through too. 


Like I said, she really hasn't been fussy like we were expecting her too, then yesterday, OMG!  I totally jinxed it.  For about an hour she would not stop crying.  And not just crying, screaming crying.  I felt so horrible because there was nothing I could do.  I gave her teething tablets, Tylenol, and even orajel (I know you're not supposed to use that, but I know infant CPR, so if she stops breathing, I know exactly what to do).  I tried rocking her, bouncing her, walking around with her, all her toys, teething rings, ice in a wash cloth, freezing pacifiers, nothing would console her.  I was crying too because I'm the mom--I'm supposed to make everything better and I couldn't.  The Tylenol finally kicked in and she fell asleep after a good long while.  *Sigh* RELIEF! 


I can't believe how fast she is growing up.  She is eating baby food like crazy too.  She LOVES LOVES LOVES carrots and sweet potatoes, which isn't surprising because they're sweeter.  And she pretty much detests peas, but I don't like those either so I don't care.  It's probably time to switch her to stage 2 foods, but I stocked up on the stage 1 when they were on sale so I put a couple teaspoons of rice in the food to thicken it up and she still gobbles it down super fast.


GOOD NEWS!  I found the cord to my camera so here are the pictures of her on the swing...look at my big girl!

Don't you just love that smile?

It still amazes me how much in love with her I am.  I love you Gabby!

Is it a boy or a girl?

I went to the OB about a week and a half ago for my monthly check up.  Tony was a soldier and stayed home with Gabby, which I'm glad he did because I had to wait for an hour and a half to see the doctor and we're usually in and out within 30 minutes.  When I finally got to see the doctor, he asked me how I was feeling.  I told him how I'm still really nauseous and still vomiting.  It stopped at 15 weeks with Gabby, but I'm 16 weeks now and I still have it.  I hope I'm not sick the entire pregnancy.  Anyway, the medications I take for it work off and on.  It's a hit and miss with pretty much every prescription.  So back to the doctor visit-he started to do the Doppler on me to get the baby's heart beat.  I told him I was convinced it was another girl because the pregnancy is almost identical to Gabby's.  He said, "really?  I would guess a boy."  I asked him why and the baby kept kicking during the Doppler so he could never get a steady heart beat.  He would get maybe two or three beats in and then the baby would kick.  So his reasoning is boys are more active than girls, which I've heard that before.  The cool thing is I can already feel the little baby in there.  I couldn't feel Gabby 20 weeks-right after we found out it was a girl.  But apparently with subsequent pregnancies you can usually feel the baby earlier.  It's cool to be able to experience it so soon.  So that's what's new with the new baby.

As for Gabby, she's still growing big.  Her favorite food so far is carrots.  She scarfs those down so fast!  On Labor Day a friend and I took our kids to the park because it was so gorgeous outside.  Gabby went on the swing for the first time and she loved it!  I took pictures, but I can't find the cord to my camera to upload them.  As soon as I find it, I'll post them.  She's so cute! She's scooting every once in a while but nothing consistent, so we're still working on that.  But she's doing wonderfully!