The many phases faces of teething. Maybe it's because once a parent gets through 1st year molars they are too exhausted to talk about it. Or maybe it's because it really wasn't that painful for your toddler. Or maybe it's because I told myself the lie that teething can't be that bad. But I never realized how baddd it can be! Your sweet, giggly, little angel will be running around waving her favorite toy in the air only to stop suddenly and let out the most heart breaking wail. An eyes shut, mouth open, muscles tense cry. It breaks your heart!
In an effort to log this for my own memory, this was our experience: Roswelle ran fever (low and high) all last week. She would go from happy to sad to content to devastated in 20 minute cycles. I tried my best to distract her from the pain factory behind her pouty little lips, but it didn't help and honestly just wore us both out. In the future, when teething symptoms start to show, I'll be rescheduling all plans (if I have the option). Speaking of schedules, Roswelle's went out the window this past week. I gave her a bottle when she seemed thirsty, she napped when she seemed tired, and she woke up in the middle of the night.
What is actually amazing is those tears and long days actually do produce something. She has four teeth up top and I can see the white of her molars peeking through in the back! I get oddly excited to see the progress. I cheer her (and myself) on..."we're almost there!!"
Pictures of her (our) week of teething are below:
Normally her mouth is wide open! This week it was clamped shut.
Look at those swollen lips!! :(
Like I said earlier, I tried to distract her later in the week with a fun lunch date...
I attempted a play-date with my high school best friend's baby...she was not amused.
These two pictures were taken in sequence - seconds apart! I was just excited to see a quick laugh!
Roswelle, show me how you really feel.
And finally, on our last night we took her for a 30 minute ride on the boat...she didn't cry which was progress!
