HER SMILE IS EVERYTHING.

this weekend i spotted a black mark on luna's front teeth. it was behind her front teeth and on her gums  actually. while we were playing i was able to see it and i tried taking it off thinking it was food and it wouldn't come off. and i am pretty sure it was the beginning of a cavity. i was so upset with myself that it happened so early. she's only seventeen months and i brush her teeth (well, sometimes we forget) but i try to be good about that stuff and she doesn't eat candy either. she does sometimes sleep with a pacifier and before last month she was using a sippy cup with a soft nipple and sometimes fell asleep while drinking her bottle so i figured one of those things had to be the reason for the cavity. well, after seeing it i thought... i can't really take her to the dentist yet because she won't open her mouth and let the doctor work on her teeth so obviously they're gonna have to sedate her and just the thought freaked me out. i could never do that to luna, not now at least. okay here comes the good part, i told my cousin what i had seen and she took a look at it and told me to put a small amount of toothpaste with fluoride on her tooth while she slept and it would just dissolve and guess what... it worked.  i am so happy that little black spot is gone. i know how bad teeth can ruin your young years and make you feel so insecure and i definitely don't want that for my luna. her smile is everything.

these photos were taken last week, she being silly and trying to bite my feet! 

p.s. today's taco tuesday at whole foods! $1 street tacos, holler!
p.p.s. i used tom's kids toothpaste. just fyi. 

EGGCREDIBLE!

It's pretty hard to believe, even for myself old wives tales that don't make sense. Like, how did you figure that out kinda stuff but some do actually work. For instance, the egg white being rubbed behind the babies knees to help strengthen their legs so they can walk. To me it sounds super silly but my mom and aunt told me to try it with my son and as soon as I did he started walking. I told my mom "that's gross, I don't want my kids smelling like eggs!" but she said that was the yolk, the white doesn't smell, and she was right. So now that Luna is 11 months and not showing any signs of walking yet I decided to try it on her last week and the incredible thing is that she started standing on her crib right after I rubbed the egg white behind her knees, you know the part of the legs that folds? Well, it could also be coincidence but that's just too weird. Somehow somebody figured this one out and I gotta tell you, it worked for me twice! Now Luna stands all the time, on the edge of the couch, her crib and even uses me for support so she can stand up like a big girl. See her little face below. She's one proud little girl. "Hey, look at me! I can stand up and shake my butt to the music!" - Luna. I think that's what she was thinking... xoLiz