Does teething ever change your child into a lunatic?

brachysira

I know M is teething.  She is putting everything in her mouth again.  But she has also started shrieking in a horrible way that draws onlookers from great distances--not cool when you are standing on a busy street putting her in her carseat.  In addition to those episodes, her default state is crying--she can just be standing there and then start crying, and no one knows why.  If she wants toast, she cries.  You give her the toast, she cries.  You take back the toast, she cries. Diaper change, cry. Bath, cry.  Bedtime, cry.  Meals, many crying episodes.  Library, cry.  Car, cry.  This has been going on for 3 days, and I seriously do not think I can take her anywhere when she is like this.  It ruins playdates.  When does it end?  Does she have a brain amoeba?  Is this just what 2 looks like?

nlp1990

We have started with this the last few days too. I had to carry him out of Lowes yesterday while DH checked out because he was a screaming lunatic. He is usually so good.

Puck1182

DD get like this when she's teething. Every little thing sets her off, and then nothing you do can fix it. It's awful, but oddly enough she seems to be less tantrum-y when we're out and about, it's when we're at home that she act like a little monster. I think when we're somewhere new and interesting, it distracts her from her discomfort, but if we're home, all hell breaks loose.

tamarar5

You literally just described ds for about the last 3 months. Straight. It. SUCKS.

kelly321

luxannie said:

DS acts like this, but I don't think it's teething.  Teeth have never bothered him.

I'm super terrified that this is going to be my life for the next year...shrieking and screaming and mind-losing for all of us.

Don't necessarily think that just because teething has never caused it that it can't now. DD1 teethed with no problems (she liked to chew on wood, but whatever, nbd) until she turned two and freaked the heck out. For about 2 weeks straight every single little thing set her off (sleep lovey in bed, sleep lovey out of bed, moon too round, moon not round enough, my hair pulled up, my hair left down, etc), and she would cry these huge, inconsolable sobs. I actually took a video of it to show our pedi because it really freaked me out. I was scared that was the terrible 2s and it was going to last a whole year. Then her eye teeth broke through and things went back to normal.

She freaked out again with her 2nd year molars (when she was 2.5) for a couple of days, but that time I guessed what was going on and gave her tylenol.

If you're not sure it's teething, you *could* try giving tylenol (or motrin or whatever) and see if it helps. If it does, then you know you've got some sort of pain issue- teeth or otherwise - to figure out. If it doesn't help, well then, I've got nothing.

sjames2

The screaming has only gotten louder and more high pitched and more often. It started around 14 months for us. Right now I know she is getting her last first year molar and the first canine. It's all day long here. I can't do anything right, I can't say anything right, I move wrong, open my mouth the wrong way, talk to the dogs wrong, open a door........ Everything. I hope this ends soon. But it's not looking too good.