Teething...

Karina is almost 6 months old now. All last week, she seemed especially fussy. Then we realized the cause--she was teething. Just like when her older sister first started teething, Karina has two little teeth coming out on the lower jaw. And just like her sister, Karina started teething at 6 months. Eliana and Karina still get along really well. Eliana, most of the time, tries to be a good older sister. If she sees that Karina is fussing, she'll stop what she is doing to fetch a toy for Karina. And she does this without any prompting.

Karina is getting better at eating solids. She is finally getting the hang of swallowing food. Right now, she's having some rice cereal and baby yogurt.

As you will see, Karina likes to grab the spoon and put it into her mouth herself. Unfortunately, she sometimes misses the handle of the spoon and grabs the food itself, which makes for a messy meal.


In addition to Karina being fussy, Eliana caught a little cold. It actually didn't slow her down very much, except for the fact that she complained about a sore throat (actually, she said her neck hurt, which we then decoded) during the night. She actually enjoyed being sick because then she could take grape-flavored medicine. She seems to be 90% better now. We are lucky that this is the first time this winter that either of the girls have gotten sick. Unfortunately, the cold has spread to Emily, but so far Elvin and Karina have been spared.

One night, Eliana came up with a creative position to sleep in. She adjusted her pillow sideways, then propped up her feet onto her bed rails. Then fell asleep. We took her feet off of the rails, just in case she was cutting off the circulation to her poor little feet.
What happens when you leave a two-year old with casette tapes? Yes, we have casette tapes and actually use them all the time. We have a tape player that Eliana can operate herself, and Eliana plays tapes of children's music that Emily actually had when she was a kid. This red casette tape, however, is done for.