Tooth!

bigbear

Hello ladies!

Sorry I've been MIA. It's been busy and then last Friday DHs grandma suddenly passed away

But I have some good (IMHO) news to share. DD finally cut her first tooth! After a little over 3 months of teething, horrible sleep regression and lots of pain and tears (for baby AND mom) we finally have a shark tooth. I didn't realize you wouldn't see it but only feel it at first... Not sure why, but somehow I just expected there to be a full on tooth right away LOL

Anyway, for those who are still waiting (although I have the feeling I'm the last one), the tooth WILL come

The sleeping hasn't improved yet, so I"m sure it's a combo of her now demanding cuddles she was getting when in pain and the second tooth being in the works...

What is your experience, the second tooth should pop up within the next few weeks right?

Anyway, that's all for my rambling today

namara5532

I'm sorry for your loss.  That's a legit reason for being away.

But congrats on the tooth!  Really feels like it takes forever, doesn't it?  DS got his second tooth about a week after his first, and he's still working on his next tooth.

bigbear

namara5532:

I'm sorry for your loss.  That's a legit reason for being away.

But congrats on the tooth!  Really feels like it takes forever, doesn't it?  DS got his second tooth about a week after his first, and he's still working on his next tooth.

Thanks namara

Yes, I seriously thought the tooth would never come LOL I guess I better prepare for the next chapter in my battle as a mom :P

michelle_1221

So sorry for your families loss. Congrats on the tooth, and you're not last! DD has been a drooling machine for months, just waiting and hoping there is some truth that late teeth mean less likely to need braces, ha ha!

tstephens410

No tooth here either! I've been saying for months he is teething and some mornings expect to wake up with a tooth shining, but no such luck!

jnickers98

DD got her 2nd tooth 23 days after the first. If your daughter is still irritable, I'm being the second isn't to far behind

bigbear

I wonder how long it will take for the second one to pop through. She's super happy during the day but a little monster at night. But it's not discomfort she just wants to be held all the time.

bigbear

HilarityEnsued:

DS got his bottom left tooth first.  I only knew about it because the thing was razor sharp and I felt it one day when he was gnawing on my finger.  A few days later, I saw the bottom right tooth poking through.

His top left tooth is now poking through.  I was like you though... I just thought the entire tooth would be out in a day.  It takes like 10 days for the tooth to fully emerge into place.

I know a new tooth is coming when the drool factory goes into overdrive.  Like.. change his outfit 5 times a day because he drools through drool bibs overdrive.  He also gets this nasty diaper rash for a day.  The pedi told me this is from a combo of swallowing all that drool and the hormonal changes associated with the arrival of the tooth.

You know I think I"m lucky, well DD is, that she doesn't really drool TOO much. I mean yes, she does drool but it's not to the point where she even has to have a bib on all the time. And so far no diaper rash either! I have heard from so many moms though that diaper rash is one of the very comon signs... Poor babies

bigbear

HilarityEnsued:

bigbear:

You know I think I"m lucky, well DD is, that she doesn't really drool TOO much. I mean yes, she does drool but it's not to the point where she even has to have a bib on all the time. And so far no diaper rash either! I have heard from so many moms though that diaper rash is one of the very comon signs... Poor babies

I did ask the pedi once how I can tell if he's teething.  He responded, "your guess is as good as mine".  I laughed at him (love him).  He said that some kids will teeth with basically no symptoms other than a little extra crankiness.  Some kids will teeth and you'll know what's going on...

I did blame pretty much ALL crankiness on teething from like 8 weeks onward.

haha

DDs biggest symptom that scared the heck out of me was when she refused the bottle for 2 days and after that only had a little bit at a time. I know she's teething b/c she'll press her lips together and cringe. And she has not beel sleeping at all. She is totally back to her old ways. Only now the paci is not enough, she has to hang on to me the whole time. So instead of trying to fix this sleeping problem I've decided to blame it on teething and wing it every night with whatever works for all of us. No sleep training of any kind going on right now.