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24. Milestones and Troubles
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2022-01-23 09:57:51Hadeon p.o.v
The next day it was Sunday, which meant a relaxing day. Only, thought our little Alice different about that. The whole day she was whining and crying. Not for a long time but for short times during the day she would make a sound of discomfort.
James pointed out she was sucking on more and more things. You really had to watch what you were going to put in her grabbing range. Everything she could get her little hands on would find its way in her mouth.
Late in the afternoon, it wasn't for a short time she whined she kept going as she rubbed her cheeks furiously.
"What do you think is wrong honey?" I asked James. "Hmmm, I don't know. I think I'll get the book." He mused. Of course, he would get the book. It was a book about babies, from the day they were born until they turned one year old. It was like his bible for everything concerning our baby girl.
Then I heard him yell something. "Of course!" I hea
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