Today I was looking in my smiley Kyle's mouth and saw tooth #7 poking out. This is a relief, but it's not over quite yet...
It has been about a week since we have gotten Kyle to eat a decent meal! He is refusing even his very favorite foods! Kyle never complained about any of his first 6 teeth coming in, so this one has been very rough in comparison. Usually they break thru during the night while he is sleeping...he wakes and cries for a minute...and puts himself right back to sleep. Easy as that! No fussiness during the day...we have been so blessed! But, this last week has been a doosey. Kyle has been super fussy, refusing food, drooling like a faucet...it's been a challenge for all of us!
I give Kyle the teething tablets to take the edge off, and that seems to help a lot. I try not to give him any medicines (like Tylenol or Motrin) unless he really needs something. This week we actually got to the point of needing to use a couple doses of Motrin (which is recommended over Tylenol for teething). Here's a very short video about teething that gave me some good ideas to help with Kyle's pain management. :)
If you have (or have had) a teething baby, you can sympathize with me, I'm sure. It gets rough sometimes. Poor little ones, I'm sure it is very painful! I don't think our battle with this round of teething is over just quite yet...it looks like his 8th tooth is trying to come in soon. His gum is very puffy and I can see whitish color behind the gum...a sign that it's on it's way! I hope it comes quick, so we can get back to "normal" living, and normal eating!!
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