Ohai!

We didn't sit in the house on this cold, cold wet day.
In fact, we walked a good three miles in the chilly rain. I took Gedalya and Adi to the dentist for the first time. Gedalya was brave and did everything perfectly! Adi... not so much. Poor Gedalya has to come back to fill seven cavities (*hiding in shame*). Adi probably has cavities as well, but she didn't let anyone find out for sure. I paid $50 for Adi to sit in my lap and scream while I hold her arms still and the dentist attempts to pry her mouth open.

One thing that annoyed me is the way the dentist blamed Adi's problems (four top front teeth chipping away until there is almost nothing left) on nursing.

 If you can see past the food she insists on plastering herself with, you can see how bad her teeth are, especially the two center ones.

There is a phenomenon called "baby bottle mouth" and although it only applies to formula or juice drunk from a bottle, several dentists lump nursing into that category without actually checking out studies done on the matter. Which is annoying. I didn't even bring up that Adi's geneticist thinks it's related to Whatevershehas Syndrome because this dentist was certain upon one glance that it's from nursing.
I will print out that study and several others and present it to him with a big red bow.

And speaking of Dr. Seuss, we went to the library next, where Adi spotted the Cat in the Hat sitting on a shelf and announced, "Hat." Cool baby.

I had recently made a goal bedtime for myself. Midnight. Which passed an hour and 40 minutes ago. Whoops. Seems like Adi is reminding me of it, so I'm going to ...ahem... nurse her back to sleep.

And speaking of reminding, I'm reminding myself to post the myriad new words Adi has! Next time. :)