Current mood: shocked
I know I can't believe it either!!! My little girl grew a brand new chomper!
She has been teething forever it seems like (around the 2-3rd month to be exact), but she never grew anything above the gumline. I started to get worried the older she got she still didn't have any teeth! Everyone elses kids seemed to have popped out their first tooth months younger than Mia. I couldn't understand why she never did. I mean she droolings so much, always itching her gums, teethes on everything and anything, and there are always red bumps here and there but nothing. Till today!!!
Actually last week I noticed that in the middle lower part of her gums, there were these two indentations of teeth! I mean you could see the shape of the tiny teeth but they were still under the gum. (She won't let you look at it because she covers it with her tounge but she lets you feel them). I got all excieted, maybe within the next couple of months we will have some teethies finally. Then yesterday while sitting in the back of the car with her, while we were driving out to San Diego, she was saying "Da-da" alot. When she says Da-da she does it in a way it shows the bottom of her gums. So I decided to look at her teething gums to see if there was any progress. I could see the teeth indenations more now and it finally started to bump up towards the top of the gums!! I tried to take a couple of pictures but she kept closing her mouth when the camera flashed. Then I forgot about it, but still found it a bit odd that she was sticking her fingers in her mouth ALOT more than usual... hmm...
Then this morning I fed her and was playing with her. I decided to check her gums again and lightly rubbed them and I felt a rough sharp pokey thing!!! OMG! I sat up and tried to look, but again she wouldn't let me. She would stick her tounge out or move her head or just won't let you look. So I did the next best thing (I didn't want to pin her down and force her of course) I started to make her laugh and sure enough there was a tiny little white thing poking out!!! I quickly grabbed Mia and gave her a kiss and congradulated her. She was her normal happy self! I was surprised she never got a fever, never fussed or cried so I think we got lucky with that one. Then again there were nights here and there where we had to rub that baby orajel on her gums so she could sleep. I dunno. Anyways I later put her down for a nap and spread the news to the family. Daddy is so happy and proud too and can't wait till she wakes up from her nap so he can see himself!
Thats my little girl! Growing up so fast! I am sure going to miss that gummy smile but I am so exciting she is transitioning into a new phase. Score one for Mia Girl!
Whoops I almost forgot to add which tooth it was. Well if you face her and picture two middle teeth on the bottom, its the one on the left. The right one is close too so I think it should be popping soon too, but the left one is the first one.
*******UPDATE*******
I am in shock, Mia just woke up from her nap with another new tooth!!!!! Thats right, shes the proud owner of TWO teeth now! The one next to the first one just poked through! Now she has two little chompers in the middle lower part of her gums!
Daddy was the one who discovered it. After I finishsed writing the previous blog she woke up from her nap a little while later. I brought her down to show Daddy her new tooth. She wouldn't show it so he put his finger to feel for it and she bit down! OUCH! Brand new teeth and she already is using them to bite Daddy! haha He picked her up and made he laugh and said "Hey there is another one in there!!" I said, "No way!" he made her laugh more and sure enough I saw her other new brand new tooth poking out! Thats #2! Wow I am shocked! Go Mia! Now she LOVES her teething rings more than ever! haha So much for having her teethe on carrots and jicama anymore, with those new chompers shes bound to bite through them and choke. Guess she just has to wait to pop out a few more teeth before she can have those treats again! Haha
Well I gotta go, its lunch time for Mia and see her put those new teeth to work!
****Up-Update**********
All I can say is that I am just amazed. I don't know if its because her first tooth errr... TEETH came in but shes been on the move with other new things today! I just got off the phone with her Grandpa Pizano telling him all the new things (3rd phone call so far today! haha) and he said "I am no longer calling her Baby Mia she is Amazing Mia!" haha Well here are the two new things that just happened since my last blog entry....
Grandpa Santos bought her a toy bouncing ball yesterday. She loved playing with it and even learned to hold on to it. (its probably the size of a small watermelon). So today I decided to play with it with her. She was crawling around so she was on all fours and I sat down near her. I rolled the ball to her and she hit it so it rolled back to me. I rolled it to her again and she hit it back to me!! She kept doing this over and over! Each time I cheered her on she got all excited and rolled it back! Then she decided to do her other new thing....
She crawled away from the ball and to her toy her Grandparents Pizano bought her for X-mas. Its a tall thing with toys on the bottom, middle and top. She loves to be stood up so she could play with the toys on the top. She has been practicing and trying to stand up on her own to reach those toys but she just couldn't get herself all the way up to the standing position. Until now! Like I said, she crawled away from the ball and to her toy and just like nothing she grabbed the top and pulled herself up into the standing position all by herself! I was in shock and celebrated with her! I have never seen her pull herself up all the way to a standing position from a crawl before! She did once but she was already sitting on me, but this time she was alone on the floor. She did pull herself into a standing position a week or so ago in her crib but I didn't see how she did it and she hasn't done it since. So I was really suprised to see her pull herself up! Way to go Mia!
Wow its only 4:30 and she is down for her second nap for the day. I wonder what other amazing things she will do today! Go Amazing Mia!
