Monday, November 26, 2007
Yes, teething
I'm almost certain Gavin is teething, based on everyone's response to this post. So, what am I supposed to do to help him (and me) out? I can't give him Baby Orajel yet because he's not 4 months old. We've given him Tylenol a few times, but I don't want to give it to him multiple times a day, every day. We tried Humphrey's Teething Pellets but they don't seem to work for him and might be upsetting his stomach. The chilled teething ring doesn't seem to help a lot, either. It's been a week so far of lots of fussiness and not sleeping well, but at least Chad was home most of the time. Chad will be at work for the rest of this week, and then we'll be flying to the East Coast for a week and a half, so I really need to figure something out soon.
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both my boys did the same signs of teething several months before teeth appeared but I found that the crankiness waxed and waned. I never used Orajel (it can make it difficult for a baby to nurse) and I think I gave each boy tylenol once when the teething was keeping them from sleeping at night and nothing else seemed to help.
Nursing provides comfort and reduces the experience of pain in infants and breastmilk itself contains opiate like molecules that are thought to provide pain relief. So I just made sure that my boys were nursing on demand and offered my fingers or other things to gnaw on.
I know it is hard and frustrating when sleep is disrupted. Hopefully a nice dose of grandparents will distract Gavin from any discomfort.
I'll be praying that your trip goes very very well :)
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