TEETHING

[shaquansmom]

SHAQUAN NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH TEETHING WHEN HIS FRONT TEETH WERE COMING IN.  HE'D WHINE  A LITTLE BIT, GAVE HIM SOME TYLENOL AND THAT WAS IT.  BUT THIS TIME, ITS OBVIOUS THAT HE IS TEETHING... BADDD!!  ITS COMPLETELY CHANGED HIM.

TRUE INDEED, ITS HIS BACK TEETH THAT ARE HURTING COMING IN.  BUT WOULDN'T IT YOU?  BIG TEETH POKING INTO YOUR GUMS FROM ALL ANGLES!  I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM.. HE'S NEVER SEEMED SO PITIFUL, EVER! 

I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT THE BACK TEETH ARE ROUGH WHEN THEY ARE TEETHING, BUT THIS JUST BLOWS IT OUT OF THE WATER.  THIS POOR BOY HASN'T EATEN HARDLY ANYTHING IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, NOT EVEN HIS MILK (AND HE LOVES MILK).  I CAN ONLY GET HIM TO DRINK IT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, WHEN HE'S GONE ALL DAY THE DAY BEFORE NOT EATING.  SO HIS TUMMY IS DEFINITELY EMPTY.  HE'S HAD A REALLY HIGH TEMPERATURE HERE LATELY.  SOMETIMES I WONDER IF I NEED TO TAKE HIM TO THE DOCTOR WITH A 102 TEMP.  CUZ HIS NORMAL TEMPERATURE IS LIKE 97.  HE STAYS HOT AND I KEEP HIM NAKED (EXCEPT THE DIAPER OR SHIRT).  TYLENOL HAS HELPED. I CAN TELL WHEN THE MEDICINE WEARS OFF, HE GETS HOT. 

AND HE TAKES GOOD NAPS DURING THE DAY.  BUT WITH THE TEETHING, HE'S BEEN SO EXHAUSTED, I GUESS FROM THE PAIN, HE'S SLEEPING ALLOTTT!!  WITHIN AN HOUR OF TAKING A THREE HOUR NAP, HE'LL WANT TO GO BACK TO SLEEP.  AND AT NIGHT, I RUSH TO GET HIM READY FOR BED, CUZ HE'LL CRAWL UP IN THE BED AND FALL ASLEEP.  WHEN HE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT WHEN HE'S FEELING GOOD.  HE'LL ACTUALLY FIGHT SLEEP WHEN HE'S WELL, SO THIS IS A COMPLETE FLIP FLOP. 

HE WASN'T WHINING AND CRYING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE TEETHING, WHICH SURPRISED ME.  BUT NOW, HE'S STARTING TO JUST START SCREAMING AND BAWLING, WHILE HE IS SHOVING HIS BLANKIE IN HIS MOUTH. 

I JUST FEEL SO BAD FOR MY BABY. I HATE SEEING HIM IN SO MUCH PAIN.  I HATE THAT HE IS IN SO MUCH PAIN, AND WISH I COULD TAKE IT AWAY FROM HIM. 

BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE TEETH IN HIS MOUTH SOON.  HE'S GOT ATLEAST THREE BACK TEETH ALREADY THRU.  BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT HE'S ABOUT TO HAVE EVEN MORE!  OH YAY!

[5sweetones]

May. 5, 2007 at 4:45 PM Oh don't we all hate when were useless to our babies,  I've ben in peds now for two years & like everyone there says our US. babies are far from starving so he will be ok if he's not eat 3 full meals a day make sure he's taking in plenty of fluids though so he don't dehydrate that's what we worry about with children & as far as temp goes a child is clear of possible seizures of 105.7 temp under the age of 5. What u could do as far as the teething part buy him ped lite freezes that's what I recommend for him it will keep him from dehydrating & it's extra cold on his gums. Good luck & hope baby feels better soon.