Sonia cut her first tooth – the front bottom left one – just a few days shy of her 6 mo birthday during our trip to Kauai’s North Shore.
The trip itself was wonderful. There were waterfalls in the mountains and rainbows over the ocean to greet us as we arrived at our rental house west of Hanalei, and absolutely gorgeous weather during the rest of our stay.
Sonia’s extreme dislike of being tied down into her car seat did restrict us to some degree, but thanks to having some of her grandparents there with us, we didn’t have to give up on most of the things we wanted to do, and she got to explore quite a bit as well. She didn’t get to see the gorgeous Na Pali coast with us on any of our hiking, boating or helicopter trips to the area, but she did get to see a couple botanical gardens, and experience the beautiful beaches and scenery first hand.
Unfortunately, Sonia experienced quite the sleep regression while we were there, that she still hasn’t recovered from. Whether it was the teething, the time change, the amount of new stimulation, a growth spurt, a Wonder Weeks stormy period, the warm humid weather, the unfamiliar sleeping conditions, being back to breast feeding on demand all day, or all of the above – I can’t say I blame her. Toward the end of the trip, she did wake up from one of her naps with a suddenly drastically improved vocabulary (oo, ee and d plus multi-sylable strings added to her typical rah and meh), so I know something was going on in there.
While she was fussier than we are used to, and obviously distressed by the teething at times, she really did very well, and I would do it all over again.
