After The Tenth..... When The Fun Really Begins

Macy's 5th tooth has finally made an appearance...after being on the cusp for what seemed to be months, she's finally moving past only have 4 teeth. Even more unexpected is her 6th tooth which broke skin just two days later. It's imperative that some more teeth come in, because she needs something to hide her continuing biting issue.

We have gone a few months without any real bites, but I was recently informed that my daughter might have a crush on one of her classmates. You've all heard the classic story of a boy who pulls the pigtails on a girl he likes, well it seems that Macy may have her own version....biting him.

Annie picked her up the other day and while she was there the staff discovered bite marks on little Anthony. The staff hadn't seen the offense being comitted, but the teeth marks on his body, which were two bottom teeth imprints close together and two top imprints with a space between them was pretty telling. It didn't take the CSI Miami team to identify the owner of the bite marks, especially since her other teeth bearing classmates have 8 or more pearly whites.

I'm not sure which part disturbs me more...that my daughter bites other children or that she seems to do it because she has yet another boy crush.

Right before I posted this, we decided to check to see if we have any pictures that might give you an idea of her unique teeth pattern. Not only did I find a good one, but we we may have found one that gives us some insight into her biting habit.

Studies show that when you have two children close in age, things go better when you prepare the toddler for the new arrival. Not being the types of parents to ignore well established plans, unless we don't agree with them, Annie and I are working on ideas to make the transition easier for Macy.

I'm not sure if I've mentioned it yet, but Macy's daycare class has a handful of infants so she's getting to spend lots of time around little little ones. At home we are continuing the preparations and we recently bought Macy a litle baby girl doll. The thought is that if she gets used to having her own little baby, she won't complain too much when mommy has one too.

I happened to catch Macy playing with the doll and thought it would be fun to record her actions. Even as I filmed the video I could tell it was going to be really cute and I knew it was going to be YouTube quality. What I didn't know was that it would have quite an unexpected ending. I'm not going to ruin it by telling you what happens, but make sure you have your volume turned up because its more of an audible moment than a video moment. After you've watched the movie, I'll tell you more about what happened. Ok, go ahead and watch the movie. I'll wait...

Welcome back...I can only assume that you heard a "bang" at the end of the clip, just before the camera shook violently. If you watch closely, you can see Macy start to raise her baby up over her head. What you can't see is that after raising the baby up, she then swung it down striking the hard plastic baby head against my cheekbone, which explains why I couldn't keep the camera steady. Since that moment we've adjusted our plan a little to introduce the concept of GENTLE treatment of the baby.

Please excuse me while I go and gently apply some ice to my face....

Macy has been at the top of the percentiles for length almost from birth. Now her little sister is following in her footsteps. Still 2 months from her birth, she's already in the 97th percentile for size. At the last doctor's appointment she was somewhere in the neighborhood of a pound and a half. If that puts you at the top of the class, what does the bottom 10th percentile weigh, as much as a blade of grass???

We are going to be one strange looking family if both Macy and her sister stay at the top of the growth chart, because by the time they are 11 or 12, they'll be taller than both Annie and me.