I know that it has to hurt having razor sharp little teeth constantly trying to push through your gums...the reason I know it hurts is because he lets me know all day long. We have tried just about every teething remedy and have finally found one that works. A lot of mom's would probably frown on me for doing this, but I don't care because it makes my little man feel better. We have found it is best to put a little bit of brandy on his gums, just enough to make them a little numb. He hates the way it taste, but just minutes afterwards he is back to being his happy self.
At Max's first birthday I was around 5 months pregnant and pretty confident that I would have the baby before Max would ever even get a tooth. However, it finally happened when he was 15 months old! As I was giving him a bath he opened his mouth to tell me what a cow says and there it was!! One tiny little piece of white just barely peeking through his gums on the bottom right. I was so excited that he finally had a tooth that I called Reed, then Mom, then Dad, then Nana, then Autumn while she was in class. Everyone was just as excited for the news as I was. Once that one tooth came in it was like rapid fire teething! He had 2 more teeth poke through within the month. By the time Jerry was born he had a full mouth of teeth.
So teething sucks really bad for the parent and the child! Reed always joked that the tiny flask of brandy I carried around in the diaper bag was for me more than it was Max! I always tell him I don't drink on the job...but I would be lying if I said I didn't think about numbing the teething pain for me a little bit too...that is why I used the earplugs :)
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| One of Max's favorite teething objects. Reed's tough phone set on vibrate! |
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