Current Score: Lily 2 - Anna 1

It has begun... the one part of Toddlerhood that I HATE with a passion. They have started biting.... each other. The first bites happened while we were away... one morning the girls (6 girls ranging in age from 5y , almost 3y -trips and 13.5m) were all playing nicely and out of the blue Anna started crying and was in consolable. Neither Lee or myself could figure out why she was so upset. Later that day we found a bite mark on her arm... ouch.. looking at the marks we figured out that it had to be Lily that bit her since the Triplets and their sister are past the age of biting in frustration or whatever reason she initially bit Anna. So we kept what we thought was a pretty close eye on Lily and tried to redirect her before she could bite again. Wouldn't you know it we found another (but not as bad) bitemark on Anna (this time on the back of her leg) while still away. Argh.. So fast forward to tonight.. we'd had a pretty good day.. took the girls to Breakheart Reservation to try out the beach area and the water. Got home and was letting the girls play while I got things squared away and Lee tried to keep an eye on them while playing on the computer. Before we know it, Lily is screaming and we can't figure out why... I figured that she was tired and possibly not feeling too clean so I gave her and Anna a bath after dinner. Get her into the tub and notice a little something on her back.. Oh no... Here we go again. Call Lee over to take a look too. Yup she has a bitemark on her back from Anna. I think it's time to pull out the teething rings again since it seems like this is just the beginning of the next round of teething.