Teeth and Eyes. Samantha new favorite things to explore are teeth and eyes. She shoves her pointy nails on my teeth and scrapes along the gums, and then rams a finger in my eye. Nothing compared to giving birth to her (the spinal really hurt going in!) but still nasty. Oh, and she wants to see what each ceiling is like. Where ever we go, she flings herself backwards and stares at the ceiling. Good thing I expect her to do it, because otherwise she'd end up on the floor.

She went to WW with me today. The ladies in the meeting are really nice, and there is a lady there who has a 15-month-old boy that she tells me about (he is in day care). The leader is really nice about me bringing her, and I am careful to not stay on days when she is about to be fussy.

Samantha's screeching is not any closer to abating. It is actually painful if you are sitting next to her. I am not sure I want her to be a dulcet type of girl, but not sounding like a banshee would probably be a good thing.