Miss Bundle is chewing on everything these days. Nothing is safe from her reaches. And while she doesn’t “properly” crawl, instead swimming across the floor at amazing rates, she has a vast range and gets into everything. Her favorite is paper at the moment. Newspapers, Daddy’s homework, Brother’s art, anything. Straight into the mouth. Chomp chomp.
This has led to the introduction of foodstuffs that maybe would have waited a bit longer. Ronnie still doesn’t have teeth so I don’t have to worry about her actually biting off bits and choking, which makes it easier. I figure if she wants to gnaw on something, a carrot has got to be better than a nasty, germ covered whatever. I’m sure that contributes to the fact she’s currently got a cold with a truly dreadful sounding cough. Our favorite thing to give her right now is a pickle spear. First of all, she makes a funny face as the vinegar hits her tongue. But then she’ll suck out the pickle juice just like she’s drinking a bottle, leaving not much more than just the rind when she’s finally done with it.
I did dig up one of Kirk’s old pacifiers for her to chew on. She hasn’t been interested in using one before, instead thinking that Mama ought to provide a boobie whenever she wants, but as a chomping object it seems to be doing the trick. I wonder how long before she actually cuts a tooth? I can’t remember how long it was for Kirk and besides, every kid is different.
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Ryan cut first tooth at 11 months, Toby at 10 months. Mouthing is also about learning so may be wholly unconnected to teething.
If it is not cold and she is teething freeze a face washer and give it to her! But have you noticed their bite still hurts even without teeth?
Yeah, there's definitely exploration going on, hence the paper eating. Heh. And YES the non-teeth bites still hurt!!
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Who knew you'd given birth to a great white shark? (Now try to watch her crawl across the floor without the "Jaws" theme going through your head. Just. Try.)
Oh man, I've got Kirk trained to sing the Jaws song when he's playing with his inflatable shark toy. HIGH-larious.
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