Human Teether

It's official---Josiah has cut his first tooth!  It has barely surfaced, but we can definitely feel a sharp little point on his front/bottom/left gum.  The last few days of nursing have been rather interesting.  Josiah has thought I am his own personal teether.  I've had to be a little firm with him by not nursing him for about 15 minutes.  The strategy seems to be working because the rest of his meal goes without me being in pain!  I've heard horror stories about babies teething, and I have to say that yet again we've been blessed!  He's been a little bit whiny, but nothing unusual. 

He continues to do well with solid foods.  We've introduced carrots because after a few days of just rice cereal he wasn't the least bit interested. I don't blame him for not wanting to eat just the plain rice cereal.  He is LOVING his carrots--I think he gets that from me!  He grunts at me when I'm not feeding him fast enough. 

This year has been fun incorporating Christmas traditions for our new family.  Some traditions are from our childhood and others are new for us.  Josiah can't fully enjoy them now, but we hope that in the future our traditions will be special to him, and he will incorporate some of them into his family.

We hope everyone takes the time to focus on the real meaning of Christmas--Jesus' arrival.