Teething

Whoa nelly!  Here we go.  While we were under the impression that we saw some "pre-teething" symptoms a while back, clearly that was nothing compared to the real thing.  I think it's actually begun!  You have a cry that tells us that you're uncomfortable... and we've heard it more often than we'd like to the last two days.  You absolutely must be chewing on something at all times and that only seems to satisfy for a short time.  Today was the worst...  after a night of little sleep, you did not nap all day.  You just wouldn't go!  Not while nursing, not in the carrier, not with a good long bounce on the exercise ball or some time in the rocking chair.  That's all we got kid!  Not more tricks up the sleeve!

On advise from friends, we got some teething tablets to give to you.  They're homeopathic.  It's a mystery to me what they're actually doing and so far the seem to have done little.  I tried one as your'e supposed to dissolve them in baby's mouth and I was skeptical they wouldn't choke you.  No, they dissolve into a quick paste right away and don't have the horrible taste of the infant pain reliever, Pedia Care.  They may have done something.  They may not.

At your fussiest we remind ourselves that having a tooth push up, slowly, through one's gums must be a very painful and miserable experience.  Sorry kid!