March 2005 Archives
I just found another tooth that is getting ready to erupt. It's not visible yet, but the second tooth to the right on the top gums is making it's presence known. He should have some fangs in a couple of weeks. That will make a good photo!
You may have read in an earlier blog that Finn got some teeth in the last two weeks. They are sprouting like weeds now.
While Nancy was gone shopping I fed Finn from the bottle, and after he was done, he likes to hang his head backwards over my knees. I guess the world looks cooler from upside down. Little did he know I could now look at his gums! There's a new chopper coming in at 10 o'clock on the top side. It's the second one over, not the front tooth, so he's going to have a pretty weird look with four bottom teeth and one top fang coming in from the side. When we can get a picture we'll post it. At the moment though, trying to peel back the lips to get a good look just gets us the pouty look.
The teeth are probably causing his crankiness. You can't blame him with so many teeth coming through at once, and so early. It's tough being a Finnegan, as we say. But he has a lot of smiles too.
Today we went to see Betsy Ormond at Wallingford pediatrics and she is excellent. She told me that Finnegan is in the 50th percentile for height, weight and head circumference.
Finnegan weights 14.86 pounds and is 24.5 inches long. He has very good response to being pulled up into the sitting position, he notices objects other than faces and babbles and gurgles right on schedule. He's also got some strong legs which the nurse discovered when giving him his vaccinations. Poor Finnegan put up a fight on the second and third shot and she had to stick his outstretched and tensed legs pushing against her stomach. That was two-and-a-half hours ago and he's feeling fairly well due to the baby Tylenol which I gave to him before his shot. Doug doesn't like to medicate, but I can't stand to see Finnegan in pain. Besides, the sooner his pain is gone the sooner he can get back to learning new things.
The only thing wrong with Finnegan is that he has Eczema and a good case of it. He's had it since he was two months old. His cradle cap is getting much better, but the eczema is still here. Betsy thinks it's a food allergy, something I'm eating. So next week I have to stop eating dairy for two weeks and see if it clears up. I'm also going to give up chocolate which will be hard, but it's for the best.
It was a good pediatric visit and the next one is on May 16th when Finnegan will be six months old. He's growing so fast!
Well, it's 9:36 in the morning and Doug will be flying in at 1:00 pm and my time alone with Finnegan is drawing to an end. I have to that it was not as hard as I feared that it would be.
I was able to put Finnegan on a sleep schedule and it helped me to plan my day, the dogs even got regular walks. Last night, I walked them for about a mile and Grenade was very tired when we got back. Spoon is behaving a bit better, but he still rebels against me once in a while.
It is nice to know that Doug will be coming home. He misses Finnegan so much. I've tried to post lots of pictures of him for Doug to look at while he's away.
The house is clean, clothing washed and garden weeded. I can't believe home much I got accomplished in the past four days. I used to sleep in until 9 or 10 oclock, but this morning I was up at 7:30 am! Earlier every day. I guess I've turned over a new leaf and I hope it stays that way because I've got so much that I want to do with Finnegan and Doug.
Okay, so I've been totally clueless about this, but I didn't even consider that he might be teething.
For the past week or so, Finnegan has had bouts of fussiness that I just couldn't figure out the reason. He wasn't always fussy.
So, I noticed that he was chomping on his gums and I figured it was baby behavior. I thought the excessive drooling was because he kept putting every one of his toys in his mouth.
While talking to my mother a few days ago she asked if he was teething and I said no. Boy, was I wrong and completely oblivious. This afternoon I was feeding him and afterwards he kept pulling my fingers into his mouth. I didn't mind so I let him suck on my knuckle and then I felt something sharp! A quick examination showed two baby teeth breaking through middle of the lower gums.
Wow! He's growing so fast. Two teeth at four months and three days. I'll post a photo as soon as I can capture an image of the budding teeth.
Well, it's 3:00 am and this is our first night together while Doug is away and it's going pretty well, except I can't sleep. Finnegan just finished sleeping for six hours in the crib and then I moved him over to the bed, his absence kept me away. I kept getting up to check on him. We'll see if I can sleep now that he's with me.
Since I couldn't sleep, the house is now clean, all of my gifts to friends are packaged and I'm almost done with my thank you notes. I suppose the insomnia is a blessing in disguise, it helped me get some things done. Unfortunately, I'm going to be a zombie tomorrow, when Finnegan will want to play. I'll do my best to sleep when he's sleeping to catch up.
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