Teething & Crawiling.... Well, Almost Crawling

It's November 16th and the last 20 days have been a process to say the least.

Logan's 1st tooth arrived without any warning and Mom arrogantly said, "What's all the whining about teething. Mom's complain too much. Logan's 1st tooth has completely broke through and I didn't even notice a single fussy moment. Teeth so far are a breeze." Dun, dun, dun...

Then the 2nd tooth arrived and this one was quite a PROCESS. We had been fussy and fussy and fussy everytime it was time to go to bed and if you left him unattended for more than 10 minutes to play on his own. This whole time I was thinking... "Separation Anxiety"... not even close. Today tooth 2 arrived not even 10 days after the first tooth and the 3rd tooth is oh so close.

Poor baby. I kept thinking these last 2 months, "Where are his teeth? They haven't arrived yet. Ahh, what's going on?" And yes I am aware that not ALL babies get there first tooth right at 6 months of age. Maybe this Mommy hasn't learned all the patience she can yet. Everyone says, parenting will teach you patience. I guess my 9 months doesn't quite cut it because my over anxious attitude now has me soothing and comforting a disheartened little boy because ALL FOUR OF HIS FRONT TEETH WANT TO COME IN AT ONCE!! Sorry Logan, Mommy will TRY ;o) to never rush you again as you grow up. Love you little guy. In order, his bottom right tooth, top right tooth, top left tooth, and soon enough bottom left tooth.

Okay so the PROCESS, doesn't quite end. In the meantime, during all the teething pains, Logan is acquiring bumps and bruises and owies learning a new skill: mobility! He is trying to crawl. The funniest thing is that he leans forward from sitting position onto his hands, gets one knee turned under ready to crawl, but the other knee... well it's not going down. Instead that leg insists on resting on his foot. So Logan's attempt to crawl has looked like this for the past 20 days. Ready, imagine this: booty on the ground no more, instead booty is slightly raised; hands are down planted strongly in front of him with elbows struggling to stay locked as he leans forward placing the weight of his heavy bottom half and rather large head all on his arms; one knee is turned the right way, ready to crawl; and the other knee refuses to turn over just quite yet, instead the foot is planted on the ground with his knee bent - one leg in crawling position, one in squating position.

So where do the problems arise you ask...

Since this new found position is not one of the most stable positions, the further he leans forward the closer he gets to a full fledged FACE PLANT. Needless to say, Mommy has tried to be SUPER HERO as Logan learns to crawl but everytime she bats an eye or turns her head for a few seconds, Logan manages to attack his toy basket, bouncy chair, table leg, or just the floor with his face. Yep, we have had more than a few FACE PLANTS and I guess Logan is not just learning what teeth are like and how to use them or just how to crawl but he is also learning exactly what an OWIE is.

So let's just say the last 20 days have been a PROCESS: Logan is learning what it's like to have TEETH, to CRAWL, and to have an OWIE!