As if she understands

Rachel is 9 months old. She screams a lot (happy, sad, tired, etc.), and sometimes I call her Screech Owl. Although she can feed herself finger foods, I still prefer to feed her for some meals.

At dinner I was alternating between feeding her and myself. At one point I stopped to talk to Samuel. Rachel thought I took too long to get back to her and screeched in that loud, glass-shattering pitch she has. I turned back to see a very annoyed baby and said, "Now that was completely unnecessary. A simple 'more please' would suffice."

Dominic started laughing, and I realized how inappropriate my statement was to my audience.

Rachel showing off her first tooth. It took almost a month, but she finally has another tooth now.

-MR