Hello all,
The past few days, B has been a bit fussy. We've been a bit worried b/c two weeks ago, I was sick with either strep or tonsillitis (white patches on my tonsils and back of throat)-killer sore throat. And then the following Tuesday, Maddie came down with tonsillitis as well. So you can imagine thinking we were a bit nervous hoping Bryant doesn't get either or. Anyhow, Joe and I did some serious analyzing over the symptoms Bryant has...so far, it's been a runny nose (clear), diarrhea, but no fever and the fist in the mouth. Stop right there, go back to the last symptom-"fist in the mouth"...ah ha, of course...he's TEETHING!!!
Sunday night was the worst with him...really fussy, plus lots of moaning and crying so we gave him some Motrin and rubbed a couple of teething tablets on his lower gums where his 2nd tooth came in. Finally, he went back to sleep...well, @ least for an hour...he woke back up crying. I picked him up and his nose was runny and he seemed to be in a lot of pain. So I massaged his gums again, but this time, I decided to rub his upper gum...lo and behold, I felt something cutting in...his 3rd tooth. His whole body melted into me as I rubbed his little sore gums with a cold teething toy. Bless his heart...how could we have missed that spot...we felt horrible. Hmm, being a parent is a lot of work and it's not just that: you have other roles as well-being a nurse, teacher, reader, mentor, coach/player (games), watcher, listener, cook, driver, dancer, and the list goes on and on...
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