Pipay @ 7 months 3 weeks

We went to her Pedia for her first flu vaccine shot this afternoon. Pipay played with Tita Beks (Dr.Liza's assistant) while waiting for our turn. Our Pedia is happy because Pipay babbles a lot at laughs/smiles a lot too. She also responded well with the eye-focus and reaching test.

However, Pipay is late (for her age) physically since she cannot sit by herself yet. She can only sit when assisted. Dr. Liza said, she must now be able to go to a sitting position on her own. She suggested some exercise for Pipay.

We are all happy because her height and weight are good. She is now 10.09kg (which is the average for 1 year old babies) and is now 71cm tall.

She is at 88.5 percentile for height and 99.5 percentile for weight.

Pipay's Teeth and Biting and Breastfeeding

At around 7.5 months, her teeth came out.. Here is her picture sporting her teeth.

I already blogged about her biting me, and how it was painful. Now, with 2 tiny teeth that are not yet fully out, her biting is more painful than before. I not yet sure how to deal with this. We noticed that when she bit me and I reacted, she'd laugh and do it again. I think she does that because she think it was fun and because she gets my attention (and others).

I am worried for the next months, when she has teeth in the upper gums because it would be worse. I wonder how breastfeeding mothers like me deals with the biting...

First Tooth (or teeth)

We were assuming since she was 3 months old that she is teething. It was because, (1) she drools (2) she sometime pull her hair and ears; which, according to some articles, could be a sign of teething. Apparently, we are wrong.

Her teeth (the tiny tip of her 2 lower front teeth) came out last April 6. Well, not exactly that day, but that was the first day that we felt (when she bit my finger) the hard sharp tip of her teeth. We were excited, and happy.

However, I was worried too, because this could mean that some of our nursing sessions would be more painful. Sometimes, Pipay loves to bite my nipple, then pull it. It was very very painful, and I guess it would be much much painful now that she has teeth.

I guess, nipple biting is one of so many sacrifices that breastfeeding mothers must face. Howell, goodluck to me!

Here is Pipay's photo on the day we felt her teeth, she was adorably touching her teeth with her tongue. I'll post another one soon (in 2-3 weeks maybe), in which her teeth are already showing.