Monday, December 22, 2008

All I Want for Christmas are NO front teeth!

Well, it looks like Danny will be teething over Christmas. HOORAY! :::can you sense my sarcasm?::: I know he's young, but I definitely think he's teething. Let's review his symptoms (I know you're excited). Excessive drooling, crankiness, the CONSTANT need to chew on everything (this isn't regular "baby puts everything in his mouth" activity... this is a really constant and driving need to GNAW really hard on things... especially mom's fingers) crying when there's nothing in his mouth, loss of appetite (nursing sessions last about 2-3 minutes before he gives up)grabbing his ear, red bumpy gums, etc, etc, etc.

Unfortunately, he's not old enough to hold a toy or teething ring well enough to get a good "gnaw-on" so it looks like mom's fingers are going to have to do the trick. Anybody got any other advice!?

3 comments:

katienryan said...

frozen peas in bag. CRW started this behavior at same age and continued till about 5 months before the tooth appeared. He's not too young.

Lindsey Wolfe said...

He and Logan should hang out - they can do the teething thing together. He isn't doing the ear thing... just the drooling, cranky, chewing on everything, bumpy gums... I hope this doesn't go too hard for our boys.

Lindsey Wolfe said...

Oh but Logan doesn't want to stop eating... this little fat boy is wanting more and more. Who knows...

Can you imagine how different they will look with teeth!?!