Another tooth!

So on Wednesday, Benjamin finished up all his hard work on tooth number 5. Its the top right one, I think. I attempted a photo, which was tricky, since you can't really see it from straight on, so you have to hang the boy upside down, and then convince him to open his mouth up. He was nice enough to humor me though. You can only see it in one of the shots, but I thought his front teeth were so impressive in the second photo that I had to inlcude it too.

Future Dentists of America Unite!

So BAM is fascinated with teeth these days. I don't know if its because he is so excited to have been recently inducted into the people with teeth club himself, or if its just because he likes to grab onto stuff. Either way, he wants to put his hands in my mouth an awful lot. He is most likely going to be a dentist. I think he is maybe a little disappointed that he can't figure out a way to get my teeth into his mouth, so he can gnaw on them a little bit, to see if that helps him figure them out. Are any of the other babies out there teeth obsessed (obsessed might be a tad strong), or is it just Benjamin?

Biter Biscuit

In honor of Benjamin's new teeth, I let him try out a Biter Biscuit. Its a sort of graham crackery affair, but more closely resembles an overgrown nutterbutter in size and shape. He very much enjoyed it, although I'm not sure if he actually ingested any at all. It turns out that when mixed with baby saliva, it morphs into a gravy-esque consistency that gets everywhere. We both had to do full costume changes, and I was picking it out of his eyebrows all afternoon. I wish my pictures did the event better justice, but they were Mount Rushmore's (taken at arms length by someone appearing in the photo. Me, not Benbino.)

Jaws!

I swear, this kid chews everything. He's like a hamster. Or a shark.

Teeth?!?...

Well, today was a big day all around! We had a baby shower for Hillary and baby Che, which was much fun. I will hopefully be swiping some photos to add here soon. Suffice to say, food was eaten, gifts were opened, fun was had. Judith also took some maternity photos of Hillary, which I think are going to turn out super cute (I was the stylist). Hopefully one of these might get added here later eventually too. Benhameen, as Mickey calls him, was not his usual sunny self today though. He was fussy and grumpy during the shower. He took a nap during the photo shoot, and woke up beside himself, just wailing and crying. It was really tragically sad. He was kind of pulling at his ears too, and so it seemed like maybe he had an ear infection. But he has also been really chewy and drooly, and it seems like some teeth are in the works. So Loren went to Target and bought a bunch of teething type aids - baby ibuprofin, teething tablets, baby orajel, "bighter biscuits", and these little mesh dealys that you can put frozen food into, and baby gets to suck on it, sort of like a popsicle. These were a big hit, since he is very intent on feeding himself. Hillary loaned out some teething rings too. After some drugs, and some icey pear treat, he was a much happier little guy. It looks like you may be able to see one little tooth poking through! Very exciting. I hope that the first one is the hardest. I'm not looking forward to repeating this performance 27 more times.

*Impressive teeth photo added one week after original post.*