warner was hell on wheels this weekend and sometime on Sunday it finally dawned on me that he was probably teething! (I can be a little slow on the uptake...) He was pulling on his cheek, rubbing his jaw, wanting to be held ALL the time, bursting into horrible tears the second either DH or I tried to put him down. These are not things that my happy little boy does. He's not usually a snuggler at all, but he needed a LOT of love over the weekend, poor guy. and sure enough, when I felt his back gums, I could feel the little bumps right under the skin.
question for those of you who have been through this...should I give him some motrin? would that even help? also, he's never been into teethers (he never made much of a fuss over his front teeth coming in), but I'm willing to try anything...are there teethers for back teeth?
(also, major shout out to Amber of Little Moon Photography. we had our 1 year photo shoot on Sunday in the midst of all this fussiness and she was SO patient with him and us--since DH and I were just kind of uselessly wringing our hands saying "I don't know what is wrong" and trying to bribe him to smile with puffs...we suck)
Re: molars, evil molars!
Yeah, this is pretty much us EXACTLY. I stuck my finger in her mouth and there are two sharp as hell molars bursting through her swollen little gums. I've been giving her 2 doses of Ibuprofin during awake hours on the days she is really fussy. It really seems to help her. I don't like medicating her all that much but she really seems to be suffering. She is usually a really laid back baby and this fussiness seems directly linked.
I am so interested to hear what others have done outside of meds. When I hand her frozen or cold washcloths, she just looks at me ("Uh, are you serious, Mom?") and throws it on the ground.