Teeth, Tupperware, Trundling and Talking

Alice has been busy growing teeth in the last few weeks. Now that the top two are through, the process of additional bottom ones does not seem to be bothering her so much, although the dribble still pours out. Nelsons teething powder and magi-dry bibs are Alice and my new best friends.


We kind of miss the gummy smile

I've been busy preparing for our Tupperware party, which went off with much noise, plastic and cries of "Lila, come back", "No, Maddy, not on the balcony", "Makayla, don't bite the snack pots" and "Oh, Jack, have you been sick again?!" The adorable Alice was very well behaved, although the other babies brought out her competitive streak and she decided to perfect her long awaited crawling manoeuvres. Her version of crawling is still very entertaining and very slow and so we are not completely baby-proofed yet. I have been too busy cleaning! The faster and less placid babies kindly showed me the potential pitfalls around the lounge/kitchen/bathroom/dining room table/bookcase that I had missed. I hasten to add that no injuries were sustained and no Tupperware was harmed while holding this party.



Alice loves her shape sorter - just AUD$35.45 from your friendly resident blogger if you order before Tuesday 25th November.


Now fully mobile, we need to work on technique. Alice hasn't quite worked out that crawling is best achieved using opposite limbs. She understands that hands go one front of the other, but then tends to bring only one leg along with her and just drags her right leg as though she has been shot in the bottom. She is up on all fours, so we don't quite have a wounded commando situation here. Still, she can trundle across a room and if she should happen to collapse onto her tummy, she can now push herself back up into a seated position for a more comfortable repose. After she has done this, she waits for applause before moving on about her business.

Vocally, we continue apace. This week's words are a very clear "Hello" (which has not been repeated but was very exciting), attempts to say "Alice" ("Ay-yah") when looking at her picture on my phone and a stream of gibberish which could, quite frankly, be anything. As usual, I would like to freeze her at the age she is at - still so good natured, she now needs supervising rather than entertaining, and just wants to trundle, talk and sticking her new teeth into her (Tupperware) toys.