Just when I thought we had the old teething thing figured out, whamo!
A few sleepless nights for the little one, me and my husband led us to believe that we were entering a brave new world of sleep torture. We had just come back from a week-long trip, things were starting to settle in. Then WAAAAHHHH!!! no more naps (I really mean none), crying and crying at night until we wondered what was going on. Should we darken the room more? Did we need to move her from her crib? Are our potty training attempts getting in the way of sleep? What was going on?
Then, a friend over for a playdate asked if she was getting molars. Oh. I hadn’t even thought of that. Duh! Well, getting in the little peanut’s mouth to fish around is like opening a bank vault, but I managed to finagle my way in. I just asked her to show me her tongue and I jammed my finger in. I knew she had a front tooth coming in on the bottom, so started there. No change. Then I quickly moved to the upper left quadrant. Geez, there’s something large under her gums back there! Oh, the vault is shutting and my hand was quickly pulled from her mouth by her little hands. Crap. I had to repeat this exercise a few times more throughout the day so I could figure out there’s definately molars moving in.
Hmmm…. My friend said something about first year molars, so I Googled. Ohhh. I must be an idiot. All the signs are there. Drooling – check; Pulling or digging in mouth – check; Biting and chewing – check, check; Pulling or rubbing at the jaw or ear – check; Night waking – check; Slight fever (less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit) – ooh, we are missing a symptom!; Diarrhea – two symptoms; Reluctance eating solids – check! Reluctance sucking at cups or bottles – that’s a negative too – in fact she’s been drinking like a cow in the heat.
Well, I just felt like an idiot missing something so obvious! We went and got some different homeopathic medicine for her new clingy symptoms. That totally helped a lot. Poor thing, no wonder she didn’t want to sleep the other night without somebody holding her. It’s gotta hurt and be confusing. Teething is like a long distance race. Rhere’s a long road with some serious hills. Good thing they don’t tell you about the worst part when you start the teething race.
Now, where’s that website again? I need to find out how long this new torture test will last….
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