My two year-old is teething. Badly.
She’s pushing three molars through and it’s been a nightmare! Her sleep has been disrupted so we’ve been dealing with two to three night wakings (on top of my getting up with a little baby who is hungry at four o’clock in the morning), horrendous tantrums, and a generally grumpy disposition (hers, mainly, but then mine takes a turn for the worse too; I can only be pushed so far).
All of our girls have been lousy teethers: very sensitive to the change in their little mouths and they let the whole world know they’re none to pleased about it. I have friends whose sweet, darling children wake up one morning and they see a funny glint of white in their mouths, go to investigate and exclaim, “My, oh my! You got six teeth overnight and I didn’t even know it!”
Then I punch those parents in their necks, just to give them a little taste of pain, since they don’t have to endure any when it comes to their kids’ teething. I’m fair like that.
I have tried every teething remedy: homeopathic drops, orajel, hazelwood necklaces, medicinal marijuana (kidding on that last one) but the only thing that really gets us through it is a steady stream of children’s Advil and plenty of patience.
Were your kids good teethers, or did they turn into drooling, rabid versions of their former selves? Did you find anything that actually helped with the teething experience?
I’m with you! My son has been THE WORST teether imaginable. From 6 months old until now (2.5 years old) when he teeths, he becomes a spawn of the devil. He completely stops eating, stops sleeping, and is absolutely uncontrollable. He has temper tantrums and has no sense of reason. Sometimes this lasts a few days and in other cases WEEKS AND WEEKS. His teething almost led me to have only one child as I could not handle it as a mom anymore. Some days my patience was so run dry I’d sit in the bathroom and cry.
But we are done with teething now and I’m soooooooooooo thankful. But here’s hoping our 2nd son is not like his big brother!
Hang in there!
My advice: it’s time for a road trip to Grandma’s house. Haha, just kidding…sort of! We were lucky, our 2 year old was on a ‘vacation’ at his grandparents house when those 2 year molars broke free.
My boys were horrible teethers. Diarrhea, low temps, and cranky cranky cranky!
Eva was a breeze. Thank god. The poor girl was going through enough in her first 2 years she needed to be spared something…or it was all the codeine she was on the numbed her from all things uncomfortable. Either way – she was good.
I remember racing to the Dr. with Camille thinking that maybe she had a bladder infection. The crying and screaming and fever with no virus-like symptoms had me stumped and my Mom suggested that it could possibly be a bladder infection. Anyway, after trying to get her to pee in one of those stick-on bags (she was still in diapers) I found out the true culprit….. four molars. It’s no fun!
You would have to punch me. Jacob got his one and two year molars without me even noticing. I noticed some fussiness when he was a baby and getting in his teeth but nothing a few Hylands tablets or some Tylenol couldn’t fix. Don’t worry, I know how lucky I am! I’ve heard Amber necklaces help, but I’ve never tried it. I would think a combo of Advil and Tylenol would help a lot!
I’ve had both! Brielle had pink cheeks one day and would wake up the next morning with a few more teeth. Micah wasn’t overly cranky during the day, but wouldn’t sleep more than 2 hours at a time all night (even as a toddler when he was teething), Isaiah was beyond grumpy!! And this is when my sister (who’s an RN) informed me that Tylenol and Advil work completely differently and so you can take them both at the same time!! On those really rough days, I’d give Zai Tylenol and then 3 hours later I’d dope him up on Advil. That way when one was starting to wear off the other one was already kicking in. Worked pretty good. The twins are just like Isaiah, but they get the worlds WORST diaper rashes when they’re teething too. No fun for anyone!
I’m one of those ones you can punch. Neither of my kids even noticed teething. Either that or I didn’t notice that their fussiness/terribleness was related to teething, which is quite possible.
Yeah I would qualify as one of those being punched in the neck… a little diarrhea, but other than that both my kiddos were their happy go lucky selves while teething… sorry… but good luck!
Madame wore an amber necklace for about a year, until she started preschool and they wouldn’t allow her to wear any “jewelry.” I was always convinced that she sprouted devil horns just to spite me, but that might have been the teeth. It’s hard to tell… sad for you though, lady. That can’t be fun at all! Poor babes.
Try the Medicinal M… heh.
I’m sooo there right now with my 6 month old. My older two were the exact same way and I tried all those things….including the hazelwood necklace which he is wearing right now. (This was pretty much my facebook status yesterday) Maybe we should try the medicinal marijuana on ourselves…might help a little 😛