What's the problem with the Baby?

The Baby has been a handful lately....and that's putting it mildly! She is really starting to show her stubborn side. She has been very fussy for about a week now. Everything makes her mad. When you tell her no she gets so mad. She'll find the closest thing she can lift and throw it on the floor while screaming at it. Most of the time we have to fight laughing at her, but it's starting to not be funny. She has quite the temper and it gets the best of her. If she tries to pick something up or move something and it's too heavy she freaks out! She'll pound on it and scream. I think it might have something to do with the 7 or 8 teeth she has coming right now. She sleeps great through the night so that makes me wonder if it's the teeth or not.
She has also learned how to hit. She hits Mommy and Daddy and gets really upset when we tell her no. She has learned what "nice touches" means and she will gently pet your face when you tell her to do that instead of hit. Dave and I have had to get pretty firm with her when she hits and that's a lot harder than you think it would be. I do NOT like scolding her and Daddy is pretty much worthless at it. He's a pushover when it comes to Riley. I am not the slightest bit surprised by that. Any of you that have seen his behavior with Charlie Brown know that his ability to be firm with his little girls is embarrassing.

Luckily, Riley is still the cutest, smartest (she says bye-bye now!) and sweetest (when she wants to be) baby in the world that we still wouldn't trade any of the harder times. Plus, she has some sweet new dance moves! Let's just say we are really earning our parenting badges right now!