Growing Up

Leah had 2 big milestones this week that shows me she's growing up.  First, this morning she finally got her first tooth!!!  There was just a little bit of white poking through her gums and I think the 2nd one is not far behind.  That explains why she was chewing on her tongue yesterday.  What an odd feeling of having soft gums one day and a tooth the next!

She also is done with her swaddle blanket.  Yes, my 9-month old was still being swaddled to bed each night.  Typically a baby weans off the swaddle around 3 months, certainly when they can start rolling.  Since Leah doesn't roll from back to tummy, it was ok to keep her swaddled and she really needed it to fall asleep.  Last week she woke up a few hours after going to bed and got some spit-up on her swaddle.  It was too late to wash it, so I put her back to bed on her tummy and she slept all night.  Since then I've been putting her down on her tummy.  It's taking a little longer for her to fall asleep but she is able to sleep without the swaddle... something I thought would NEVER happen!  It's fun watching her grow up but makes me kind of sad that she won't be a little baby much longer.