Snaggle tooth

Some photographic evidence of the toothed smile is in order. These were taken Saturday, 2 days ago. Everything is still hand to mouth. Yes, I do have 2 teeth there. But, what’s all the fuss? And, yes, Elise still has her full body smile.  One day, she’s going to out grow it. Hopefully no time [...]

And Another One

Yup. Elise popped her second tooth Tuesday. And her first one is going strong…she now has that one-almost-two toothed grin. She really is an adorable baby.

Still the Lazy Baby

It’s funny how I like to assign characteristics to Elsie and Stella. Stella seems very much like the middle child…active and trying to keep up with the big kids…while Elise seems like the baby of the family…content to let the big kids do for her. While she isn’t trying to move like Stella, Elsie is [...]

Sometimes, I just want to go back to the gavage tube

Elise — you’re driving your dear ol’da batty.  When you’re hungry and crying for food and immediately start playing with the bottle nipple with your tongue and letting it all dribble out your mouth — well, in my book, you also lose the right to get all mad and start screaming when I take the [...]

Da Da Da

I like to tease Elise about being the lazy baby. She’s happy to be propped somewhere with a toy in reach or happy to lay on her back and bat at a jingle bug for quite sometime. But really she’s working on some hard skills. Elsie is working on making noise. Right now she has [...]

Food Check

Elise does not like apples. I have determined that this is why she’s been off her cereal for a couple of days now. Pure puree apples bring on the gag reflex. She does like bananas…so back to smooshing them up for breakfast.