so, today i went to visit my friend who teaches the 4th grade. i came a little early, so the kids were lining up to go to lunch. right as my friend (who is the same age) was introducing me and chloe, a kid asked, ‘miss -, is that your mom?’ yikes, didn’t know motherhood has aged me that much. that question was followed by a ‘miss -, is that what you looked like when you were a baby?’ fourth-graders. 
in other news, chloe recently turned 6 months! with her 6 month well-check visit, we started her on the highly anticipated solids. it’s been fun to see her react to mushy stuff entering her mouth through a spoon for the first time. we’ve tried rice cereal, mashed bananas, and pureed pears. with the advent of solids into her diet, also came firmer poops. that has been less fun for her, and us, as passing stools has been really painful for her. when she tries to pass a stool, she’ll start whimpering and leaning forward in pain, reminding me very much of my experience with labor. poor girl. we think she’s also teething, so she’s constantly looking for hard things to gnaw on. although none of her pearly whites have popped out, you can sorta see the teeth bulging from her gums. poor girl. can you imagine having your teeth emerge from your gums? needless to say, it’s been a rough week for us. chloe’s been fussier than normal, and has started waking up in the middle of the night again, after weeks of sleeping through the night. i’m trying not to feel utterly discouraged, since i feel like we worked so hard to get her to sleep through the night (i.e. enduring nights of her crying in the next room while i lay awake with my heart breaking at each cry). hopefully, this phase will pass and she’ll be her cheerful, and all-night sleeping self.
