Willa's First Tooth

10.12.2019

Willa got her first tooth! I should probably mention that I am that person that knows which milestones are left and looks for them constantly, trying to decide if today is the day or not. Did she just say "dada"? Was that a wave or did her hand just flail in the air? Was that a crawl forward or did she fall forward? Thankfully a tooth is a tooth is a tooth.

I have been checking Willa's mouth daily recently for teeth. I started checking originally because she became fussy and that is totally out of character for her. But her gums weren't bulging at all, so I thought we were a ways off from getting any teeth. So, imagine my surprise when I stuck my finger in her mouth to check things out and felt a little poke! At that point, the tooth had barely poked through in one spot. Now, almost a week later, the entire length of the tooth has come through.

Willa is really protective of her tooth and won't show anyone, so I have yet to get a decent picture of it. I know that will come soon enough and all those adorable smiles with tiny little teeth with be headed our way.

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Isla, The Teething Monster

Isla certainly has proven to me that girls (or at least her) are way more drama when it comes to teething than boys. Every single stinking tooth that she has gotten has come at a price...a price for the whole household. Currently she is working on getting in her top two year molars. The bottom ones already came in. It's rough, I tell you. After a couple nights of getting almost no sleep one starts feeling pretty crummy. And the thing is, many mornings, just when I finally coax Isla back to sleep, Connor is up for the day. Awesome. And Connor doesn't nap. Double awesome. But we are making it through. Somehow. Though I have a feeling that copious amounts of coffee and me sneaking away for a girls night last night helped.

Somehow, in the midst of the sleepless nights, this girl still manages to charm the socks off me...though these times happen in the light of day...there be no charming of this mama in the dead of night. The way she says "help me" when she wants me to do something or how she gives Ian and I kisses. Even watching her try to run after the big kids playing tag at the park melted my heart.

But the nights. Oh how I dread them. I just pray that these two teeth come in quickly so we can all get some sleep again. You know, like actually sleep more than an hour and a half at a time.