Rough Night

Last night John woke up at 4am and would not be consoled. He has been waking up at 4am for the past several nights. I had been leaving him to cry, but this time I tried taking him back to bed with me. He stilled cried, I think because it was dark. We turned on the bathroom light and calmed him, but he kept tossing and kicking and finally we gave up and he went back to his crib to cry. He didn't last long until he fell asleep. He hasn't been eating much food lately, and instead had been sucking down bottles. I think its his teeth. He wants a bottle at 4am too. Then, even in his super thick over night diapers, in the morning I find his diaper has exploded! The over nights are full of this gel that beads up with the moisture. The gel is everywere! He isn't exactly wet, but....
The solution is to give him less milk, but its hard because he can't eat comfortably. Hopefully his teeth will come in and heal soon.

more teeth

John is getting a bunch of teeth at once. In addition to his 8 front teeth (4 of the middle top teeth, 4 of the middle bottom teeth) which he has had since his birthday, he is getting all 4 canine teeth (his left have broken through) and his second molars top and bottom, on the left side. The molars are almost completely out, the canines, only the tips. They have been causing him pain, and are visibly bleeding. He was getting very cranky and needed baby ibpropehn.
He has been refusing to eat. Maybe because his mouth hurts. He just shuts his mouth tight and shakes his head.

The past few days have been better, I guess because they finally broke through the skin so the worst is over. John has been fairly cuddly the last few days as well. I think he enjoyed the 4 days of having daddy home and having momma home from work. John has been cheerful and friendly.
On Monday, John came and stood next to me on the couch. He5 caressed my cheek and reached up to pat me gently on the head! Soooo cute! He has been doing more baby dances, sometimes when he isn't even being bad! He does a kind of twist. He got up on the coffee table and danced couple of times.
We went to a tree lot on Saturday. Charles was reluctant but I insisted. John ran around and touched the trees carefully. They were very expensive, so we left. I'd like to go to a cut your self place like this place in Santa Cruz, but thats probably too expenive this year. Maybe next year. We are planning to put the tree on the bottom landing of the stairs, so we can keep it fenced off from John.
BTW John can say balloon now. he was saying ball but we kept