Superman has taken to flailing his body about when he is in pain from teething. He arches his back, waves his arms, pushes off of me with all of his might and screams. If I put him down? He screams louder and usually throws his body in such a way that he ends up hitting his head....which just makes him scream louder. So I hold on to him with both of my arms- tight, especially if I am walking because he has even flung himself into a wall when I wasn't careful enough. Fun times.
So I went to the doctor today to make sure that he is in fact "just" teething. Doctor says that it is in fact his teeth and to hang in there. We had a short discussion about orajel...one of his nurses had told me to not use it unless I really needed to because it can swell the gums and delay the teeth from breaking through. The doctor had not heard this before and said that it sounded like we needed to throw everything at the molars at this point. I agreed.
We used it when we got home...that and ibuprofen and a couple Humphrey's teething tablets. I was totally going to throw everything at it. I guess I could have used gripe water too, but didn't think about it till now. So all the meds are in him and we head to bed. For the first time in 3 days he actually drinks from his bottle (only a few ounces, but I will take it). Then he goes to bed and sleeps really well for an hour (not the 2 hours that I am used to, but I will take it). Then I go in to get him and he doesn't scream!! In fact despite a little bit of "I'm just waking up" fussiness, he was delightful!
I am thrilled that we have found something that helped (fingers crossed it continues to work)...I just wish I knew which of the things that we gave him did the trick or if all of it was needed. I guess that is the down-side with throwing everything you got a problem.
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