Teething Woes

Lil sister reminded me that I haven't updated this blog in a while.

Oopsie.

We are in the throes of Xander's teething woes at the moment.

He has been showing signs of teething for a great many weeks alread.

But last week (I think it was Thursday?), at the ripe 'old' age of 21 weeks and 1 day (or for most people, 4 months and 3 weeks),

I found a little teensy white speck on his gums where he lower right incisor is poised to emerge.

Sigh.

And I thought I could avoid the teething curse for a good 3-4 more months.

My poor nipples are shuddering in fear of what's to come :(

Anyway, he has been a cranky, miserable, drooling, fist-sucking mess.

So I decided that instead of removing the amber necklace from him for naps and night sleep,

I'd keep it on.

But around his ankles instead.

That way, no chance of him getting choked by it,

and it will be in constant contact with his skin,

allowing the amber to work its magic.

And I have to say that it's working some :)

He's sleeping more peacefully,

and doesn't seem as uncomfortable and in pain as before.

Phew!

I have no idea how long it would actually take for the tooth to cut through,

but for the sake of all our sanity,

I truly hope it doesn't take too long.

Although it doesn't seem like his gums are ready yet.

They are still quite thick...

From what I remember with my sibs,

the gums would become quite red and swollen, thinning out to allow the teeth to come through.

Sigh.

Maybe it'll be different with my baby boy?

Maybe?

*fingers crossed*

On other developmental news.

He can not only stand steady while being supported,

he's taking it one step further and jumping!

Without actually getting off the ground of course ;)

He's just making those jumping motions with his knees and body,

which is so incredibly cute to watch ;)

But it doesn't look like this kid's gonna be a crawler.

He hates being on his tummy and has only rolled over a couple of times.

Although he can lift his chest off the ground with his arms already,

the rest of his body doesn't seem to be catching up.

And he is in such a hurry to get moving and go places that he'll probably go from sitting to bum-scooting to standing to walking, skipping right over the crawling stage.

I say, to each his own.

At least he won't hurt his knees ;)

Countdown to holiday back in SG is at less than 3 weeks!!!

Exciting ;)

And the wonderful thing is that I'll actually be back in time for my da ge's ROM on the 24th!

It was definitely not planned this way and I only recently found out about it.

Woo hoo!

Definitely not an event I intend to miss out on.

I miss how I had a full FULL head of hair that rarely ever fell out when I was pregnant.

:(

Because right now,

My hair is falling out like a cancer patient undergoing chemo or something.

In big giant disgusting bunches.

It is covering my entire apartment.

The carpets, the floors, the bed, the couch, on my kid.

The worse is bath time.

I pull out big bunches of my hair with every stroke of my head.

So much so that I have to "save" them from getting stuck in the drain by leaving them on the wall,

and I'd pick them up and throw them away in the toilet bowl or bin after my shower.

And my rental apartment has shit carpets.

So shit that our powerful Dyson vacuum cleaner cannot even pick up hair from it.

It's like velcro and the hair sticks.

It's a friggin' pain the my em-effing ass cos I have to crouch down on all fours and go picking at hairs with my bare hands.

Any idea how much time that takes up?

As if I don't already have enough on my plate with the kid to take care of.

Dang those post baby hormones.

I can't wait for it to stop messing with my hair!

Makes me seriously consider cutting my hair super duper short.

But we all know how THAT would turn out with my stoopid frizz ball hair.

Not to mention I've read stories about how mummy's long hair finds its way into baby's pjs and wraps around their little toes, cutting off circulation and killing little baby toes.

And scrotums.

And teensy weensy baby penises.

Shit.

Mother's day is this coming Sunday.

And my lovely wonderful bestest husband in the whole wide world went and got me my pressie early.

Gilmore Girls DVD box set!

All 7 seasons of it :)

He knows how much I've wanted it for such a very long time and he went and got it for me :)

Actually, I did tell him that I wanted it.

And the iPad2.

So that made his job a little easier.

Since we obviously can't afford the iPad2 :p

See?

Why can't everybody just say exactly what they want for a gift?

That makes everyone else's life so much easier,

and you know you will definitely like what you get.

Right?

My husband is one of them who just says "nothing. don't need anything."

So when it comes to gift getting and gift giving,

I'm left scratching my head.

Heh.

You know, if there is one thing I miss about our pre-baby life,

is the freedom to up and go.

To be able to just go out to the movies whenever we feel like it.

Just up and go.

To be able to on excursions whenever we feel like it.

But it's mostly the movies.

We love our movies.

But we can't bring him.

And we are not ready to leave him with anyone else yet.

So we sacrifice our movie-watching for now.

It's not a big deal,

but I still miss it.

I have more to blog about (what's new?) but the baby beckons.