I have been fully prepared for teething for the baby -- as much as one can prepare. I have lots of Motrin and Oragel tooth swabs to accompany lots of cuddles for a little one in pain.
But my mommy friends all failed to tell me it is WORSE with the 4 year old. Yikes! What teeth are these? Six year old molars? (I repeat, he's not six!) For the past three nights Colin has howled at night with such fierce pain that even the Motrin and swabs are just barely taking the edge off it. And the more worked up he gets, the more upset he gets.
Last night he told me between sobs, "Take me somewhere!"
"Where would you like to go?"
"Anywhere so that I can be healthy. Can I go downstairs with you? Can I go see Grandma? Anywhere!" And thus Grandmas can always help the pain!
He was so worked up that his ears began to hurt (displaced pain from the molars coming in on both bottom sides) and then he thought his tummy had a cold because he was so worked up his tummy hurt.
After many snuggles last night I had a few minutes of quiet, And then the howling began again. I let it go for 5 minutes and then went back to Colin's room and he was sound asleep. Wrong room! Next door Luke was so worked up that it took a while to get him unwound.
Fortunately after that all was quiet in the house for the remainder of the night. Whose teeth will break through first? Tune in later to find out!
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