This is Kwua-Kwua. Kwua-Kwua has been to two places. The kid's bed and her mouth. When I got home from Hong Kong on Sunday, I noticed that the kid has got two tiny teeth peeping out from her lower gum. Hah hah! So our "hypothesis" on her recent bout of *cranky-ness* (see below) was proven true. She was not "much ado about nothing". Those pearly white incisors had finally cut through (ouch right?) her pink gums. We have not figured out if we should (a) brush them and (b) how to do (a).
Currently, we do not have a picture of those teeth. If she could keep still long enough, with her mouth opened and gums exposed, perhaps we could get a close-up? Perhaps.
I would like to take this opportunity to do a progress report for her (something I swore I will not do as well). Over the past month and a-half, we are proud to say that the kid is progressing really well. She is able to:
- sit, tripod style - crossed-legged; with hands in front and on the floor,
- sit, unassisted - good thing as she can play on the play mat for over 30 minutes,
- creep - on her tummy and squirming around (can do around the same period as #1 and 2),
- do push-ups - similar to push-ups while on her hands and knees,
- crawl - getting better and better
- stand up and stand, with someone supporting her hands - she is steady for a minute or so,
- stand up and stand, on her own - leveraging on certain pieces of furniture
- hold on firmly to her toys – even the balls!
And now, the teeth! They are really entertaining things. She makes soft, scratchy sounds when chewing on the apple. Wil thought they were one of the most amusing sounds he heard. I will describe it as similar to using a spoon to scrape an apple or a potato.
Can’t decide what else to feed her : )
* Included in her list of "cranky" actions are:
- crying multiple times in the middle of the night for no apparant reason
- biting everything from pillows, kwua-kwua, thumps and fingers (hers and ours), teats, toys
- leaving drool-lines across places she crawled, sat, carried on
- fussing furiously in the car-seat
- chewing on either or both lips
- sticking her tongue like a snake
Labels: motherhood, routine, schedule, teeth, teething |
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