It's a horrible thing that our sweet boy has to go through this. I can imagine the achiness of his little gums, the constant drooling, the runny nose, and raging diaper rash that seem to accompany this thing called teething. Mind you he's only 5 months so we don't expect to see any white sprouts yet but all of the drama happening now is foreshadowing what is yet to come.
Right along side him in his misery are his miserable, sleep deprived, frustrated, parents! Teething not only happens to babies but it's also happening to us! We spent last night every hour on the hour trying to figure out how to help and console this little boy. Nothing worked. As he arched his back every time I tried to rock or feed him I could feel my head starting to spin. He wrestled with us, kicked us, laughed at us... After about 4 hours of this I finally said enough is enough. I gave him Tylenol thinking this would hopefully knock him out.
It did not. I wanted to knock myself out.
Around 10:30 he finally began to drift. I said "phew" and tried to get some sleep myself. At 2:00, 4:00, and 5:00 the boy woke up. I think I need to give him twice the dosage of Tylenol next time. By 5:30 I knew my dreams of getting some sleep were over. They were over for Pat too.
Aedan came into bed with us, continued to wrestle, continued to giggle, continued to groan. I asked Pat if we could put him up for sale in our next garage sale. I think we'd get a better deal on ebay.
