I have so many funny pictures of Jellybean being the silly little boy he is meant to be. I love his sweet, affectionate, determined, GOOFY personality. He really is turning into his dad's mini me.
Read To Me! I definitely feel like I failed in the read to your baby department. I never read to Jellybean when he was in my belly and hardly ever did it when he was a baby. Everything I saw said read to your baby from an early age even though they don't understand you and have no idea what you're doing. Well, when I tried to read to him, he showed no interest. And reading to a 2 month old just didn't appeal to me, I talked to him instead. Then when he spent more time awake than napping during the day and I tried to read to him, he didn't care for any of it. He preferred his toys that lit up or made noise or preferred to crawl all over the place. Between his aversion to books, delayed first word, and super early mobility milestones, I was certain I had a jock on my hands vs. a bookworm. His not caring for books and my not pushing it on him seems odd considering I am a HUGE bookworm. When I was a kid, after I "had" to go to bed, I'd bring a flashlight to ...
About a month ago I noticed something strange happening on the roof of JB's mouth right behind one of his front teeth. It looked like something was growing there....fears of horrible things growing in my baby's mouth spiraled around my head. It's so hard to keep those panic ridden thoughts out of a parent's mind! Everything is reason for alarm because we want nothing but a healthy and happy baby and will do whatever it takes to make sure that's the case! Dr. Google can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. I've learned to keep Dr. Google searches to a minimum and just let the professionals tell me what's up with my kid. We saw our PCM and he couldn't quite figure out what it was so he gave is a referral for a pediatric dentist down at the Navy Medical Center in Portsmouth. Aside from not having to worry about medical care for my family, another wonderful thing about being in the military is we aren't restricted to just our branch of serv...
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