A decent post is long overdue but I am seriously hanging by a thread! Belle is more mobile than ever and with all the teething, she has been doing little sleeping. Last night was the worst night in the past month and we were up every two hours. I actually fell asleep holding her in the rocker which I haven't done since she was first born! Finally the top left tooth is coming in and it's giving Belle quite a bit of pain. She also started to get a little stuffy nose :( which makes life even more difficult for her and me!
I just keep saying life will get back to normal once the teething is done but what is normal these days? I should just be going with the moment because nothing is normal or ever will be!
Normal these days:
Belle doesn't sleep through the night anymore and usually has at least one waking in the middle of the night for a little comfort or ibuprofen. She wakes up really early around 5am and sometimes even earlier.... no matter what time I put her to bed these things don't change.
She is very clingy and just overall hurting. For the month she now has 7 teeth and the 8th is working it's way out. I just feel so bad for her and there is nothing that I can do really. I give her frozen things to chew on which helps for an hour or so, oralgel for babies she hates, the natural teething tablets don't seem to touch her, and ibuprofen I can only give so much of. One thing I have yet to try are the amber teething necklaces that supposedly have analgesic properties... unfortunately you can't buy them in Brazil so I will just have to wait for my next visit home in two weeks. By then maybe she will have all of her teeth!
Tchau,
Sara
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