(Still) No More Tears

I'd like to think that the reason that Mia never sheds any tears is because I'm such a great mom....but we figured that we should look into a physiological reason. (Just in case!) Most babies start shedding tears in the first few weeks of life, but our little Mia has shed four tears in her 13.5 months, and none of them made it all the way to her cheeks. So our pediatrician recommended that we visit an ophthalmologist. We did that today and learned some interesting things. First, the human body produces two kinds of tears. One kind is what your eyes produce all day long just to keep your eyes moist. The other are produced by some glands on either side of your forehead that flood your eyes when you cry. Apparently some people just don't produce the second kind. There are no real problems associated w/ not producing these tears, and furthermore there isn't anything to be done about it anyhow. So...since she's made it this far in life with no tears, the doctor says that she probably won't produce many more moving forward. Who knew??