Teeth!

I have been meaning to write this for over a week, but with the whirlwind of company and exciting goings-on my blogging groove has been broken. Nora has been working on a veritable mouthful of teeth! Two weeks ago she had four front teeth and one newer top right incisor next to them. Now she has four-- count 'em-- FOUR-- new molars popped through.

She definitely woke up on the wrong side of the crib this morning! I asked her to show me her teeth for a photo for this entry, and you can see the response I got, even though she's usually more than happy to oblige. I can't blame her, though, considering what her poor gums must feel like.

By this time the bottom molars are mostly through. They had been large, swollen, angry lumps in her mouth for over a month previously. We were all ever so glad to see them come. The top molars, however, were both kind of dark horses. It was especially great to see the arrival of the top ones since she didn't seem to be heretofore directly agitated by them. How many more teeth are we expecting again? Maybe I don't want to tabulate that right now...

Now as they make their way through we're contemplating the differences this could make for the foods she could try to chew soon. Our next order of business is to find a suction plate that will actually STICK so Nora can get more practice wielding her own spoon as well.