hello from tooth city

At least 4 teeth are coming in up top - maybe one from the bottom. It looks painful. Ivo says it's excrutiating. we are shui bu jiao - which is to say we aren't sleeping well. The lack of rest and erratic nursing seems to cuase blocked milk ducts which hurt and ache maybe the way ivo's gums do... but all in all, he's in a good mood about everything.

right now he's screeching while Ryan walks him around the living room - it's happy screeching. He sort of looking for his voice. He sings when he's about to fall asleep and he dances when he hears music. He chatters away. If we ask him a question like; "do you want to go downstairs?" "do you want to go for a walk?" He says "da!" very 4th tone emphatically. He also waves - but doesn't vocalize - bye bye. And he's gotten pretty good at it. He doesn't always do it when appropriate - depends on his mood - but it seems to me that when he's ready to leave a place, he starts to wave bye bye.