For months and months I have thought that Stella was going to sprout a tooth. The chewing, gnawing and drooling have been going on for the past three months and I was sure that a tooth would make an appearance by Halloween…then Thanksgiving…Well bottom tooth #1 has finally appeared and with it so has fussy baby and sleepless nights!

I have done the baby Tylenol, the frozen teethers, the Orajel, and I just bought a teething net that I can load with frozen fruit. I am currently on a search for teething tablets which seem to have been taken off the shelves at every local Target even though I have taken Stella out in our Southern California’s once a year downpour. What’s up with that Target? You have plenty of things I don’t need but buy anyway and you can’t have my back this one time? In the meantime, I have been bringing Stella into our bed every night around 3 or 4 a.m. and let her nurse herself to sleepy land. I am sure she is getting spoiled but what’s a tired mommy to do?

Well, as I have learned as a haute mom in the past seven months, be careful what you wish for. I couldn’t wait for a little tooth to come popping through and with it came all kinds of fun (insert sarcasm here). I also have been wishing for crawling….maybe I should rethink that.