It's Been How Long?

A week already? Wow, time sure flies when I'm up to my elbows in poop, barf, tears and blood. Yes, blood. Pipsi cut her first tooth on Thursday the Third. She was unbelievably happy. None of my kids have ever been that happy through teething. But there she was, all smiles and easy-peasy even though she bled a little. Here they are-- Pipsi on the left, Pooki on the right.

Pooki, on the other hand, is a different story. The first night we spent together in the hospital (hubby, the Beans and I), Pooki was a little vocal. She didn't cry all night but she definitely kept us busier than Pipsi, who snoozed through it all. Hubby predicted that she'd be the more difficult of the two. I think I scolded him for that--- I can't remember. But he did have a point.

Keeping Pooki happy has been quite the challenge this past week. It's harder than one might think to strike a balance between keeping her from what she wants to do (eat her sister)

and getting her to do what she needs to do (eat food).

What's making me crazy is all the additional poop and barf. Now that they're into solids (and these little monkeys LOVE bananas) we're into a different stage of the poop and barf experience. "Yuck" doesn't even begin to come close to the revulsion Hubby and I experience when we peel back diapers and the unadulterated stench rolls out to greet us. It's a very enthusiastic greeting, too. The Poopecules race out of the diaper, stampede up our noses and gallop straight to the olfactory sensors in our brains, stumbling over each other to be the first to give us a hearty handshake and exclaim in a breathless shout, "Pleased to meet ya!" And the BARF! It's real FOOD! It's what I just spooned into their mouths. It's like the Beans are tipping out the contents of their tummies (mixed with some mucus, bile and saliva) onto the nearest obliging surface-- the floor, the bed, themselves, our shirts, arms, legs and, my most favorite, my hair.

I don't have any poop- or barf-related photos to share. Sorry to disappoint. In fact, this is as far as I go today. Teething has also thrown us all off, schedule-wise. Now, while the Beans are catching a little nap, I believe I will also catch a few winks.

Otherwise, the next post might have to delve a little further into the bleeding involved in the process. My patience is running rather ragged with Hubby these days. But that's for another time!