Kissy Faces?

The same day that Annelise figured out how to roll over, she also started making cute little kissy faces!

She actually makes noises that are more like blowing raspberries or maybe, getting her chops ready for playing a brass instrument, but I like to interpret them more as kissy faces! She looks completely adorable as she purses her lips together and makes funny little noises. She started doing this infrequently maybe...  2 weeks ago or so? But the day she rolled over, she was making those faces the entire time. You can see it on the video on Mark's google+. It was so cute!

Later on that evening, her faces were accompanied more with whimpers than cute noises. Then the cute faces turned into sad faces, and she made her uncomfortable cry. At that point, she had just woken from a nap and finished her bottle, so we were pretty sure we knew what was going on. Her gums or teeth were hurting. We got out the multitude of teething toys that were in the fridge, which she gnawed diligently on for awhile until they warmed up or she got tired of chewing. After that, her gums were hurting, she was arching her back, wiggling, and crying in almost every position. The only one she didn't seem too unhappy with was when I would hold her upright, rocking her back and forth while walking around the apartment. It seemed to distract her just enough that she would start to forget about her pain. But there were still the occasional whimpers. It makes me want to cry to just thinking about those sounds.

After an hour or two of attempts to console her, she finally gave in to her tiredness and slept for awhile. Once she woke up again, she seemed to be feeling better, so that was a relief.

We're going to the doctor next week for Annelise's 4 month well visit, so we'll ask her what she thinks would be the best remedy at that time. I've heard a lot of advice, but I want to get the doctor's thoughts before we try too many different things!