Teething Already?!?
December 20, 2006
Our sleepy, happy baby has started to change a bit in the past week or so - he has started crying and fussing more often, and sometimes goes from completely happy to completely freaking out in mere seconds. We haven’t entirely figured out the cause of this change, though we suspect that he may have started teething.
Teething already you say? That’s what we said too. So, we did some research. “The Manual” (What To Expect in the First Year), BabyCenter and PregnancyWeekly all describe excessive drooling as one of the first signs of teething, along with fussiness and sometimes crying for food and then spitting out the bottle or nipple when it’s offered. So, the drooling that we thought was weird last week, and the confusion over whether or not he’s hungry that was starting to worry me all seem to fit into this puzzle. When I first suggested this to Zach, he ran his fingers over Xander’s gums. We can’t feel any little teeth there yet, but Xander seemed pretty happy to have someone touching his gums - all three sources suggest running a clean finger over a baby’s gums to relieve the discomfort, so it seemed like our suspicions have been confirmed - our little guy is growing awfully quickly, and maybe even a little faster than I’m ready for!
oh great
im very happy he is getting big and strong
but random fits of crying? i dont want to hear that
how will i ever get good at the watching the baby thing if his happiness is NOT CONTROLLABLE.
sigh
FYI - my first tooth popped through when I was barely 3 months old. I was born to eat =)
Hope you have a merry Christmas, enjoy the first one with Xander. Jeez, I still want to call him Ty!
Hi Sara,
I love the new layout - do you change it with each season??
Wow @ Xander teething already, that’s great! But I hope he’s not toooo fussy hehe, are you gonna buy him one of those rubber circle thingies to chew on?
Merry Christmas.
Hey Vanessa - I hope that you and Eric had a very merry Christmas! I’m hoping that Xander takes his time getting his teeth - I’m not ready for teeth yet
Hi J - I hope that you had a very merry Christmas! I’m glad you like the new layout
My plan is to change it with the seasons - the image at the top is not some stock photo - it’s something from my life - the last one (purple petunias) was a plant we had on our porch - a birthday gift from my mother a few years ago. This one is a photo that our friend Jenny took on the one and only day we’ve had snow this year. So, I’ll change the layout again in the spring, but not until I find the right picture 
We did buy Xander a few teething toys, but he hasn’t really figured out how to bite down on them to relieve the pressure on his gums. He does like to chew on his hand, or sometimes likes us to rub his gums… I’m hoping he’ll figure out the toys soon.