Monthly Archives: July 2011

Clouds, Clouds, Go Away…

baby, blessings, summer, weather

So far, this summer, Seattle has not had very summery weather – at least, not consistently.  Prior to last weekend, there was an article going around indicating Seattle had experienced a full 78 minutes of temperatures above 85 Farenheit, and a little over 18 hours of 75+ temperatures.

Short summer.
Then, last weekend, it was sunny for three days – temperatures hit over 85 on Sunday, but it wasn’t so bad that we were dying at home.  I can do that kind of summer.
Then, Monday, we had rain and thunderstorms.
I started grumbling about it to myself – this summer weather is ridiculous!  Last summer, I’d been laid off in early July, and so I just decided to enjoy the summer…I remember it being a pretty nice summer, getting to hang out with my husband (frustrations about unemployment aside).  This summer, with a little baby boy, I was looking forward to walking around the neighborhood with him, letting him soak up some Vitamin D rather than having to give him the oral vitamins.  But it hasn’t happened as often as I’d like.
Then I realized if it were too hot, I’d be blogging about a desire for air conditioning and cooler temperatures…
So, I guess I’ll just be grateful we have a heater when we need one, a room air conditioner when we need one, and family on the other side of the state we can visit when we want more warmth and sunlight.  

Cruel, Cruel World of Teething

baby, teething

For the past couple of months, little man has been getting tired around 8pm and going to sleep around then.  He’ll wake up a few times throughout the night, but it’s been a fairly quick feed baby, he’s back asleep routine.

For the past couple of days, though, it’s been all chaos.  He wakes up early in the morning and won’t stay asleep unless a parent is by him.  Last night was the worst – he was tired at 8pm, but wouldn’t get to sleep until 11pm, and then woke up every 60 to 90 minutes throughout the night, staying awake at one point for an hour before going back to sleep.  I had seen more teeth starting to come in (he has two on top, two on bottom – I saw two more on top coming through), but this lack of sleep was the worst we’ve been through.  [For you mothers who routinely get no sleep…my hat’s off to you.  I don’t know how you do it!]
Tonight, little man was tired at the usual 8pm, but he was struggling to get to sleep again.  We knew he’d been teething the night before and had given him Orajel to help with the pain on his upper gums.
What we didn’t see was the bottom gums.
THE CHILD HAD ANOTHER TWO TEETH CUTTING THROUGH ON THE BOTTOM GUM!!!
THREE TEETH CUT THROUGH IN ONE NIGHT!!  No wonder he wasn’t staying asleep!  Poor child had a mother who just put the Orajel on the top gum and completely ignored the bottom gums, leaving him in pain all night long.  I only found out when I was massaging his gums with some dissolved teething tablets for tonight, knowing there was one more top tooth cutting through.  I felt like an absolutely horrible parent getting so frustrated with him last night between the waking, the crying, the whining, and the biting me when I tried to feed him.
In other news…little man still doesn’t like solid food.  We keep trying.  He keeps spitting it out and looking like we’re poisoning him.
Oh, the irony of it all!