odds and ends

We are still here, enjoying the last few days of summer before the 8 months of winter begin. Lots of park time, swinging and playing on our blanket. Taking walks and ooohing at all the dogs we see (Critter has a thing for dogs).

We have completely recovered from the fall - the Critter much faster than me. But now, a week later, we are both totally fine. No marks on her at all, me with fading bruises. All good.

Exciting this week is that Critter Girl is getting her top two teeth. I'm not sure why her teeth come in pairs, but they do. The top left one broke through Monday, pretty uneventfully. She had been chewing on things more, but wasn't too cranky and slept really well throughout. The right one is almost through, maybe today, and again, she is a chewing machine.

Which brings me back to the woodchuck chew-on-crib-slats issue. I just couldn't fork over like $200 for those wonder bumper things, so I decided to try the breathable bumper first. Which totally didn't work. She is really too old for bumpers it turns out. Pretty much when the kid can sit up on their own, bumpers no longer work, because the kid can just pull them down. Which she did. I put them on while she was playing in her crib, and she immediately showed me that she could pull them down. And maybe off altogether if I gave her enough time. So right off they came, and I'm back at square one.

And you better believe she has chewed some paint off the crib this week, with those 2 teeth coming in. Sigh, if it doesn't kill her it will make her stronger, right? Just say yes.