My camera has a red-eye reduction on it and shoots a quick flash just before snapping the picture. Ephraim has started to look toward the camera and give me a big smile when he sees that flash. Some of his smiles are genuine, but most are silly. I'm so glad to see all these goofy smiles. It hasn't been too many months ago that we weren't able to get a smile out of him at all. If we could just put an end to his hair pulling and scary-hard eyelid pinching and pulling when he's falling asleep, I would be a happy camper.
By the way, I'm sure everyone has noticed that the front of Ephraim's shirts are just saturated in many of the pictures. That boy is drooling like a faucet! I have to change his shirt every couple of hours. I have never had a kid who can drool like him! We can feel the tips of four molars coming in all at the same time, so I'm sure that must be the cause. I've attempted to keep bibs on him to keep him from being wet and cold, but he'll have nothing to do with them. When I put on a bib, he yells, yanks and manages to get it off within seconds.
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Khai man had the same amount of drool. I have a 50 pound bag of drool bibs in my basement to prove it! He drooled even after he was not teething as he had problems with controlling the muscles in his jaw due to not having learned to suckle. Thanks to speech and OT we have been able to tuck away the bibs somewhere safe for the next little one! :)
I haven't thought of that before! Ephraim has been drooling forever, and when we brought him home at 9 months old, he didn't know how to suck from a bottle. Thank you for the comment! I had given up fighting with Early Intervention for services, but this gives me new incentive to do battle with our Tennessee bureaucracy. Although Ephraim's motor skills are amazing, his only word is "uh oh" at nearly 17 months old, so that could very well be related too!
What a cutie pie! Love all those photos.
Merry Christmas!
Jean
Ben still drools from neglected muscle tone around his mouth... I think from having been on formula all those years plus the cerebral palsy. Ephraim is just adorable. Love his "cheese" face!
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