Heeeeelllllp meeeeee!!! At the ripe old age of 11.5 months, Sophie, my toothless wonder, has finally decided it’s high time to pop through some teeth. And it’s making both of us miserable! Joshua (who got his first teeth at 5.5 months) never acted like teething bothered him a bit, so this is a new experience for me (Like everything else with Sophie, who seems to think I did not get enough of the motherhood experience with Joshua.) Girlfriend is really trying to push those little razors through but it’s not happening! Her nose is running constantly, so her face is always covered in snot and drool, as are her bangs. Yesterday when I got her up from her nap her eyebrow was snot-glued into a very funky, unnatural shape. Yikes! She chews on her hands frantically, sticking her whole hand in up to her wrist and then gagging like she’s trying out to be a member of Future Bulimics of America. She doesn’t seem to want to chew on toys, just her hands or her spoons, but she does enjoy chewing on an ice cube in her baby safe feeder. She’s also, of course, more fussy than usual, and she’s taking shorter naps during the day and waking more frequently during the night. Twice this week she’s woken up ready to PARTY when she should have been down for the night. Thursday night she was up from 11:00-11:45 pm, and Saturday morning from 4:30-6:00 a.m. (she did have a low fever at this time, of 99.) On these occasions she was so wide awake that I just took her down stairs and let her play until she was ready to go back to bed. Thank God Bobby was home Saturday so I could catch a nap! It was the first one I’ve had in a long time. Probably a month at least, so it was great. I don’t know how I would’ve coped without it!
So, I’m trying to be reasonably patient, but as Joshua’s teeth appeared magically one day with no accompanying side effects, I have no idea how long I should expect this to last! I’ve checked and checked her little gummies and I still see no signs that she’s making progress! If any of you have some words of encouragement or advice I’d love to hear them!
