AS you can probably tell from our lack of blogging lately, it has been a busy few days for us. Mommy is changing jobs, Daddy is still working all the time, and even Riley has been an attention hog lately. So where does that leave little Harlan??? Right in the middle of it all. He has left Mommy so confused, but at least it is a happy confusion. It is definitely like my mom said, " it is amazing how your child can make you so proud one minute, and feel like the biggest doofus the next minute." Mommy compares Harlan to a rubik's cube. She can get three colors lined up no problem, but go to try to line three other colors up, and all she accomplishes is messing up the three colors she has already manged to figure out. Once I feel like we are getting this all figured out, something changes and I feel like I am learning about a whole new kid.
The weekends are especially hard for Mommy and Daddy. It is like we send our a kid off and he comes back 2 years older every monday! Take the last weekend that my mom had him for example, he came back making all kinds of new noises, probably courtesy of Libby and Mel's stitch impressions, no doubt :). And this past weekend, he came back way more intersted in his toys and even reaching for them a little, something I was just complaining to my mom about last week that I was worried because he didnt seem to interact with them.
Dont get me wrong, I am so proud of all the new things Harlan is learning. Daddy has already pegged him a genius and he is gonna have some high expectations to live up to there. But why does he have to make leaps and bounds in his development on the weekends??? The truth of it is, I am sure I am way more sensitive to how he acts when he gets home vs on thurs and fri before he leaves again. I also have the slight feeling that the grandparents house on both sides are way more entertaining than every day at home alone with mommy. Which is ok with me, I myself am in a better mood when I see family members and friends vs the days that we spend at home waiting for daddy to get home. It sounds like Harlan and Mommy need a hobby.
So it looks like mommy is going to have to do some research on teething. Apparently trying to figure out whether or not a child is teething is just as hard as trying to figure out whether or not Angelina Jolie is in fact pregnant again. (No not breaking news here, its sarcasm) Apparently, drooling is in fact a sign of teething as well as sucking on the hands, but neither one being present means that the child is teething. Are you kidding me????? Don't I get enough credit for deciphering signs and symptoms at work, that figuring out my poor baby's gums could be somewhat easier??? Oh and you thought people has opinions when you were pregnant?? Not as much as they do when weighing in on the teething issue.
So is Harlan teething??? Hell if I know. What i do know is that he has grumpy times and happy times. Sometimes he feels a bit warm to the touch, but never has a fever when mommy checks. He drools alot, but apparently babies his age cannot swallow their spit anyway. he sucks at his hands, but cant figure out how to put them in his mouth. and loves baby oragel. which after i had been putting it on his gums for a couple days, found out from daddy actually reading the label that it should be used for babies 4+ months. I guess just add it to the ever growing list of mistakes i make with Harlan and then marvel at the fact that not only is he still alive but that he also seems pretty happy and healthy.
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