First Thanksgiving

We had Thanksgiving at my brother and his wife's house. My parents were there, along with my brother Jeff and his son Alex (home from college), Lia and George, Barb's brother and his family, plus Barb's two kids. It was potluck, although Jim and Barb made a lot of food including the turkey. We had a good time.

Aaron managed to take one short nap while we were over there, thanks to Mom's magical abilities. Despite being short, his timing was perfect - he went down just before dinner and he woke up just after I had finished eating. He had sweet potatoes and a 3 grain cereal mix with homemade applesauce for dessert, fed to him by Auntie Lia. With all the food restrictions prior to 9 and 12 months (no dairy, no eggs, no meat, no wheat), there really wasn't any of the regular food he could eat this year.

He's been taking really short naps the last few days and seems to be teething like crazy, which makes me think the two are related. He moves his pacifier to one side of his mouth and gnaws on it, then moves it to the other side, gnaws some more, than moves it back to the middle and continues to suck on it. We gave him a teething biscuit today, in his highchair with us both keeping an eye on him. The biscuit was a wheat, soy and dairy free teething biscuit that had the consistency of particle board. Even I couldn't bite a piece off of it. I don't think he quite knew what to make of the biscuit. Mostly he sucked on it. Hopefully some teeth come in soon and he gets some relief.