First teeth (finally)!

For months we have been making the prognosis that Tiegan was "teething" and week after week her fussiness produced no teeth. Finally our fruitless prognostication bore fruit.

Stacy was holding Tiegan in the kitchen. She often holds Stacy's hand in a playful way just passing the time. On this day, Tiegan thought it might be a good idea to stick her mom's hand in het mouth...instead of the soft gummy mouth we were use too, Stacy felt the sharp sting of a new tooth with a second right next to it, about to reputure the surface. Finally! New teeth to explain at least why that day baby was unhappy.

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"I see you Dada!"

It was somewhat typical night of putting Tiegan to bed. She had been in the car seat for the 4 hour drive back from the cabin, and I expected some resistance. Rocking wasn't going so well as a little fist clutching a silky blanket kept swiping me across the chin; then the head started arching back -- a sure sign she had no intension of peacefully settling into sleep. So I gently laid her down in her crib.

To my surprise she didn't exactly fuss. Instead she started to entertain herself -- a little impromptu solo-peek-a-boo with her blankie followed by a some rolling around the crib. I simply stepped back and sat on the floor waiting for sleep to over take her.

The crib was quite and I was starting to wonder if she'd actually fallen asleep. Then I suddenly started to notice something moving above the 6 inch white crib bumper. I paused think it might just be a pair of feet, but as the fussing started to get louder and more frequent I got up to investigate. To my surprise, "feet" were actually an upright Tiegan. She managed to pull herself into a seated position and was looking at me sitting on the floor through the crib rails -- Busted!

Welcome to the world of the vertical baby Tiegan!

"Look at me -- I can stand!"

We were over visiting Bappa Keith today. Laying on my side, I was playing with Tiegan on a blanket spread out on the living room floor. She has been showing signs that she is getting ready to crawl (up on all fours rocking, scooting backwards) but stand? she seemed a long way from standing. Boy was I wrong. Grasping onto my shirt and shorts with both hands, she very tenaciously pulled herself up to a standing position. At first I thought it was a fluke, then she did it again...and then again and kept doing it until she was exhausted. Life is about to start getting interesting around here.

She Said Momma, I Swear!

Even Andy agrees.  She only does it when she is crying though, so it could just be a crying sound she makes, but it could easily be her calling out for me.  She has me nearly convinced.  Her first word was 'Momma'. :)

A New Perspective

Tiegan gained a new perspective of the world this week as she showed us that she is able to sit up on her own (for a small amount of time).  I am looking forward to her gaining strength and being able to sit and play on her own.  She has never seemed happy to be lying down and playing, so hopefully she will be more content now.

Peaceful Rest

I wish.  We have been struggling with getting Tiegan to sleep well through the night.  At about 3 months old she was a great nighttime sleeper.  Had to rock her to get her to sleep, but then I would feed her at 10-ish and she would be out for up to 7 more hours.  It was wonderful and now it is gone.

Tiegan now cries to be fed before 10:00, then gets up several times to be comforted after her 10:00 feeding, only to wake up 4 or 5 hours later to eat again.  Then she wakes up before she should in the morning.  Of course we bring her into bed with us then cause we are exhausted.  It's a vicious cycle.  I hope she will soon go back to her long sleep habits, but I'm guessing we are all going to have to work on it.

This is one of the toughest parts of parenting an infant.  I look forward to someday being able to sleep in.  I'm guessing it will be several years.  Sure their worth it, but it's still tough.

Bananas

Finally, solid food!  Tiegan got her first taste of 'real food' today.  Just as we did with the twins, we bucked the system and didn't go with the traditional rice cereal for her first food.  Tiegan got to try bananas.  She wasn't quite sure of it, but appeared to like them.

It's just the beginning kiddo.  Lot's of exciting new food adventures to come!