Teething the canines, is it really hell? (non-clicky poll)

SnowflakeBride06

DD has all her teeth including molars minus the canine teeth.

At her 15 mo check up her pedi said that these are the WORST and take up to a month to come in.

In the last few nights, she's been up a lot and whiney during the day.  She has started a round of antibiotics for an ear infection that can seem like teething but in this case has just gotten worse and worse.

My question is, in a healthy (no ear infection) toddler how did your LO fare in the canine teething realm?

a. It was hell!

b. LO was uncomfy but motrin/tylenol, cold/frozen tethers solved it 

c. wow, there are canines in there? When did that happen? 

d. Special snowflake 

MrsMommyQ

B. LO was uncomfy

She didn't need tylenol, but she has started to put her fingers in hr mouth a lot more since the canines are coming in. They are taking a very long time to come in fully, too...def longer than the others.

mbgreenwalt

B.  They were the only teeth that bothered her. 

Court0026

a/b.  for DS they were the worst.  Very sad.  Usually after teeth cut through, it gets a lot better, but the canines get wider as they come up, so I would guess that is why they hurt so much?  DD has swollen gums, but they aren't cutting through yet. 

delg23

A.

Definitely the worst teething for us. 

liza0828

A.  She is really miserable right now.  Today she just started crying out of nowhere, and I said "What's wrong honey?"  She pointed to her mouth and said, "Teeth!"  Poor girl.

Kara5109

I don't even want to think about canines. She has a very hard time with every tooth she cuts. It seems like teething never ends.

esthergreenwood14

DD is cutting her canines and molars right now and is a hot mess. I can barely bring myself to look into her mouth. It looks so painful. 

TBLilyRose

DS is cutting his top canine right now, even though he hasn't cut any molars yet (though I don't think they're far behind). His sleep has been crap all week, poor baby. Last night up at 11:30, 3:00, then at 5:30 he wouldn't settle until DH rocked him from about 6:45-7:15 and he went back to sleep for about an hour and a half. I just feel so bad for him and can't wait until all of his chompers are in. 

g8trkim

Those little SOB's are taking FOREVER to come in. It's been over a month. It sucks because he is clearly uncomfortable.

meggie0109

somewhere between b and c for DD.  She just cut them a few weeks ago and it took maybe 3 weeks for all 4 of them to come through.  She was maybe slightly more fussy than usual, but we never gave her tylenol/motrin and she did just fine.  I have a feeling it just depends on the kid...

juliedooley

I just figured out the other day that I think this is why DS has been whinier than normal over the last week or so and waking up really early again. I thought it wasfrom  the flu booster shot he'd gotten plus a little cold he had picked up at daycare (and that probably didn't help), but he's been a drooling/chewing madman again and I finally got him to open up wide enough yesterday to see that at least the top 2 are coming in at the same time, and possibly one of the bottom ones. Ouch!

For the record, DS has been a stealth teether...he'll get a bunch in at once and we usually only hear him whine a bit at night. So these are relatively rough, though he's still being a trooper about it.

Bandia12

I vote B. DS was in much more pain than any of his other teeth, and it did take way longer for them to pop through once I felt them bulging. He also got all of his canines/1st year molars at the same time.

I wouldn't say it was hell, but it was definitely tough! 

MrsSeli

I swear DDs have been messing with us for well over a month now.  She doesn't have molars yet (they're close too, I think), but I swear I felt all four canines poking through a little a few weeks ago, and now I can't feel them.  They are SOBs and I hate them.  She hasn't slept well in 2 months and her molars and canines are taking turns looking swollen.  Something needs to pop through, dammit!

Carilyn

A.  it was hell!

My DD doesn't have them yet.  She has everything but and I'm dreading it.  My DS was a great/easy teether, and DD has  been the same.  Maybe just a little extra fussy, clingy, and a low grade fever once or twice.  No up all night issues. 

My DS got them around 22 months.  They all came in within one week (thank God!).  In some ways I'm sure that is worse, but at least it wasn't drawn out.  He didn't have problems sleeping, but was a little hellion during the day!

Mrs.MLR04

B.  DS was uncomfortable but didn't need meds. 

melody921

B. DS has had a lot of discomfort. It comes and goes, and he's been cutting these teeth for 6-8 weeks. Three are pretty much in, but one is still just a pointy corner. He chews on his hands a lot and sometimes whines for no apparent reason, so DH and I figure it's the teeth. They are definitely the worst of all the teeth he has gotten.

panicked228

Syd's getting them now. They are a nightmare. Usually she's whiny for a day or two with her teeth. Nope, it's been a solid two weeks of clingy, whiny, not eating right, not sleeping, Hell.

BeachM

Finn recently cut a bottom canine.  I thought it was hell, but turns out he actually has an ear infection.  So, I'm not sure how bad they really are.  Also, it came in super fast which I understand is not the norm. 

I'll tell you what is bad - canines + a horrible cold + an ear infection.  I'm pretty sure this is not what Finn wanted for Christmas.

plainjanie1

I guess I'd say C. for us... the two central upper incisors were by far the worst for us, we didn't even know she was getting any of her other teeth until they broke through, even her molars.  She does still constantly put her hand in her mouth even though all four canines are either all the way or mostly in.