She's young... there's always next year... but still.

Pumpkin Pie: licks at it tentatively, then shakes her head and says "no"
Fruit Salad: ditto
Snow: "no no no, up up up, brrr"

I guess I'll find an indoor pool somewhere and we can hang out there instead of going outside to play in the snow.

I figured out what to do regarding a Christmas tree in the house of Bug. Stay tuned.

My child and I survived the two hours it took between the end of bathtime and the time her head (gently) hit the mattress, not to rise again for at least 4 hours.

My emotions wavered between abject frustration and detachment to guilt to selfless nurturing and back again, and forth again, and back again. It was a long two hours.

As the title suggests, teething is to blame. Tried: celery, cold washcloth, frozen teether, teething gel, fakenol (last night), notrin (tonight). Celery is OK until it gets warm. Frozen teethers are fun to play with, but she doesn't chew on them in any sort of way that might accidentally relieve pain. As for the drugs... they take away the pain, so that she gets a giant burst of energy and demands to have FUN. Why on earth would she spend a precious painless moment on something as mundane as sleep??? If I didn't know better, I'd think uppers had been slipped into the baby pain relievers...

Alas, it isn't little bug's fault that her gums are the size of Alaska in two separate places. So, why do I feel the need to smash some defenseless inanimate object into nanoscopic bits??? I actually did even get some time to myself today during nap time. If one could call making a soup and sewing curtains (yes, little bug's curtains, 6 months overdue) time to oneself.

The twin peaks show no signs of imminent eruption... Thus, I fear more pain is in our collective futures.

She's almost 14 months now, and I haven't updated for 5 months!

She started walking at 10.5 months. She has been saying simple words "mama" "dada" "baaa" (ball) for quite some time. She started reading at around her 1st birthday, and can now recognize about 50 words either typed or clearly written. So, I can say that the "Teach Your Baby to Read" DVDs actually worked, at least in our circumstance.

Neither DH nor I speak a second language. So, we decided to emphasize reading instead. It makes me feel like all babies should have the opportunity and exposure to learn to read. We'll see if she keeps it up as she gets older.

Most recently she started enunciating trailing Ts and Ks as in "hat" and "milk". It makes me feel like she isn't a baby any more.

I still breastfeed on evenings and weekends. I think I'd like to wean by summer time, but that isn't a hard and fast decision. I didn't even think I'd still be breastfeeding, as I went into the effort with an open-ended "give it a shot" attitude, with few expectations. Now, here we are! I admit its hard to imagine putting her down for a nap or bedtime without nursing. I don't know how dad does it while I'm at work.

Our only issue is some constipation. I'm trying to push more fiber into her diet... but that girl LOVES her bananas.