Three and a half months old...

*rubs hands together*

Our plan is working, my Precious!

It is working!

I feel your pain. My 6 month old popped out his first two teeth at 3.5 months too. And hasn't stopped teething since.

hang in there, rookie, it'll pass.

and then the next milestone will come.

So that's the breastfeeding over with, then?

I'm pretty sure - Pete, correct me if I'm wrong but - he's not been breastfeeding the Jr. Jetson.

Oh, the days of soggy zwieback toast gifts from pudgy little hands. Why do all kids just love to give you their chewed toast, especially onto dark pants or jackets?

It's a conspiracy, I say.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

Better get him over to the orthodontist, PeeDee. No sense waiting for the inevitable.

I seem to recall a nightmarish horror plot you had once, wherein children began eating everyone? Or some such.

Sleep well tonight, Mr. Dee.

Sleep well.

By the prickling of my thumbs
Something teething, this way comes!

Well, the good news is this: It usually takes a bit longer for the first ones to come out, so he'll be teething for a good month... Oh, wait, GOOD NEWS. No, I don't have any.

Finn is working on all 4 of his "I" teeth. He already has 12 teeth including all 4 first molars. If you think those little wee bottom ones are bad, wait until the molars buddy, just wait. Bloody blisters, up all night from the pain, sleeping only as long as the tylenol lasts... Good times.

According to the dentist, they start teething when the teeth begin to shift under the surface, which causes pain, itching, general discomfort. From initial movement, he says it can take anywhere from 2 weeks to a few months. Enjoy!

Insert evil laugh here. No. Really. Insert it here...


I love that my kids are past those baby stages. Love it! We are almost at the empty nest!!!

We have empty nest syndrome in our house. My wife and I can't wait for the nest to be empty.

Drooly. I remember Rain getting seriously drippy drooly. ick.

But this is what I told him: "these ... are icebars ... and we can have as many as we want."

Heck, you don't even have to open them. Just let him chew. When it thaws out - refreeze!
(more for you that way)
of course, I lived in FL and you're in the tundra ... oh well. sorry 'bout that chief.

Now I'm not a mom... never been one... but I've got nieces and nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews and great-grand - you get my drift. Doesn't teething cause diarrhea, too?

*snicker*

PeeDee said:

He's finally dozed off, thank God.

I wanted a parrot, people....A parrot!

*sob*

My wife and I have been hesitant to start loading him up on children's Tylonol (we're hesitant about medicine and kids, especially when it's just us giving it), but I'm going to load him up on something if he doesn't stop fussing.

Anyone want to come babysit? I'll just go to a coffee shop and someone can bring me a spice tea, and I'll get some writing done. Yes? Yes?

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You will get no writing done until he starts school. Get used to it.

My kids started teething at 3 months and got their first teeth...wait for it...at EIGHT months. So. There's that. All that drool and fussiness does not mean teeth will magically pop out any day now.

You might be able to write if you are prepared to do so standing up, walking in circles, and with a child strapped tightly across of the front of your chest. Your call.

Don't forget the climbing, Caro. From about 6 months to about 3 years you can't let them out of your sight. Put down your writing utensils and strap yourself in for some cupboard and curtain climbing excursions.

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:

Now I'm not a mom... never been one... but I've got nieces and nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews and great-grand - you get my drift. Doesn't teething cause diarrhea, too?

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Diarrhea, sometimes a rash on their little handsies, fever, crankiness, supressed appetite, I could go on and on...

With tylenol, we hardly ever give it to him, actuallly. And if we do, it's only a 1/2 dose. We save it for the ultra desperate situations. Usually, the best remedy for Finn is a cup of milk and a cuddle.

Pete, if I lived nearby, I'd take Zach for the afternoon. No, really, I would!

ETA: Caro's right. The babybjorn worked wonders for us!

Awww...I'm so lucky. When Nick started teething he was probably 6 months old and he popped six teeth in a couple months. No crying, no nights awake. They just showed up one morning and it didn't seem to bother him a bit. The molars were a little more uncomfortable but not much. A little Tylenol and he was good to go.

I feel for you though, Pete. And if you were just a bit closer, I'd come babysit for you (well, for Zach...not you.)

~Kristie, missing the baby years...but not enough to babysit my ex-husband's new baby!