Teeth? Already?

I just felt a sharpness in Alex's upper gum. He was out of sorts all day yesterday and today he was really a handful. He didn't start crying from it all until about 7 this evening, but I think it was made worse by utter exhaustion because he wouldn't nap much. I gave him infant Tylenol and used Infant Ambesol, along with frozen teethers to help him, but obviously they do just so much.


I called my mom to tell her about it and she looked up my teething history in my Baby Book. I teethed much later than Alex is (him, 20 weeks, me, almost 8 months), but I teethed really quickly. I got my second tooth about two weeks after the first. My mom said that these first few teeth are really painful for babies and that these painful, icky days go on for a long while. She can't recall specifics though. I'm her youngest and in my 40s.

It kills me to think that he's in that kind of pain (I can recall my wisdom teeth coming in) but I can't give him anything powerful for the pain.
 

August 20, 2007