- teething tablets
- Teething rings
- rubbing our fingers against her swollen gums
Teething
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Last night was the first night I truly heard Princess A cry. Since she's been born I can count on ONE hand the amount of times she's ever had an "episode" It started around 830 p.m. she'd gotten fussy the night before, I just assumed she was going to fight her sleep again. Oh no! She was crying, LOUD. sucking her hands a lot more than usual, a lot of drool as well. I look in her mouth and her poor little gums were swollen. I gave her the recommended amount of Tylenol, and just held her close, rocked her, consoled her. It took about 15 minutes for the medicine to kick in (I assume) that's when her tears and cries came to an end. I felt so awful. Whenever Ava cries, I cry. I have come to terms with it. I will never be that mother that is strong enough to watch her babies get shots without tears, to watch her babies fall down without tears, to watch her babies go through teething without tears. It hurts me to see her hurting so badly. I know this is just the start of our teething days. Ava hasn't cut a tooth at all. It could be awhile before we see a little tooth emerge. I'm not a fan of giving her medicine on a regular basis, so we are going to try:
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