Popped

I was wrong. Frannie has had a "blister"on her lower lip since she was like two months old. It looked like a nursing blister at first but then it got a bit bigger and after a little Internet research (love that instant information) I determined that she had a mucosele. This is a ruptured salivary gland. We took her to a ENT (after her doctor tried to pop it and it immediately refilled) who confirmed my diagnosis. He also said that we should just leave it alone and it will probably go away. I was skeptical.

However, last Sunday as we were sitting at the house with me, Brian, mom, and Joyce, Frannie was happily chewing on an apple. My mom says, "Her mouth is bleeding!" and sure enough, there is kind of a stream of blood coming out of her mouth. She was still happily gnawing the apple and didn't act like anything was wrong. As I looked, I could see the blister had popped on its own (it had developed a little callous on top of it a few days earlier). Since that time, it had drastically reduced in size and may just go away on its own. Guess that's why I'm not a doctor. 

Two other bits of info.... She is sitting up on her own now and she gained a whole pound and a half last month! Real food must be just what she needed. And her head got bigger (hard to believe) which I know because her cute red sun hat doesn't fit anymore! :)