Eight Months Old (!)

Good news first -- Susannah's sodium is now a perfect 140 and her urinary tract infection has finally cleared! Everyone is super exited about that but of course I am still a little worried that any day now she will get another one. I'm working on being more optimistic.

You'd think that clean bill of health would make Susannah be extra cheerful but oh no, she went and caught a cold this weekend and also happens to be pushing out her first tooth at this very moment. You can barely see it but you can certainly feel its sharp little cusp. Poor thing has been quite cranky for a couple of days. It seems she would rather have her finger pricked at the pediatrician's than let me get at her nose with the booger-suction thingy.

Despite the cold and the teething, she'd definitely getting stronger and staying awake longer. She's been sitting up quite well on her own though we still need to "spot" her.

Here she is sitting up like the big 8-month old that she is!



















This is what dad gave her for her birthday.... ha....ha.....