Teething. And not just first-time-mom thinking drool means teeth, we’ve hit the real thing. If we are wrong, then whoa!
For the last week Papaya has been a bit fussier than usual, wanting to be held a lot. I even ordered a new sling to help with all the body-to-body time she wants. My Mom kept commenting that she thought Papaya had a low-grade fever but I always assumed it was the Hawaii heat and the body contact. And of course; the drool and chewing have continued.
This afternoon she would nurse and then stop to cry in pain. Not a back-arching reflux pain but something different. Remember, this is Papaya who would nurse 24/7 if I let her and will come off the boob for nothing less than the end of the world. By tonight she was bucking off the breast and crying in pain at a restaurant, I thought she was over-stimulated. When we got home I learned different…
She began crying inconsolably in obvious pain. She would nurse for five sucks then come off in awful pay and cry, loud, with the nipple in her mouth. Nothing would help. Finally, I gave her .4 mL of Infant Tylenol Drops. Still the awful, sad, inconsolable, crying. We gave her a bath, which she usually loves, but she cried through. Then, back to the breast…the Tylenol kicked in, and we are sleeping, for now.
Wish us luck, we’ll need it.
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Oh… I’m so sorry that teething is going hard for you… It is so hard to see our babies in pain and not be able to really do anything for them…
((((hugs)))))