Do people even really need teeth?
Tough times here.
Be careful what you wish for - I took a couple days off work and am now drowning with a teething toddler ("Two Year Molars" should be renamed "Tantrum & Meltdown Molars") and a clearly insane baby who doesn't sleep, won't nurse, won't drink from a bottle and cries all the time. It may be his tooth cutting through, too, but I can't tell.
I also am having trouble remembering a time when I cared. I feel so tired that any coping skills I used to have (distraction! patience! calm, loving attention!) are completely gone and all I can do now is stand in another room and practice counting breaths while children scream.
I even broke my sister's rule today and ate in the bathroom (a small bowl of coleslaw - it was not satisfying). All I wanted was to take a couple bites without a crying child in the room.
So much for wanting more time with my kids.
I will take pictures when the happy times return.
Here's a cartoon, though. It might only be funny to me:
Be careful what you wish for - I took a couple days off work and am now drowning with a teething toddler ("Two Year Molars" should be renamed "Tantrum & Meltdown Molars") and a clearly insane baby who doesn't sleep, won't nurse, won't drink from a bottle and cries all the time. It may be his tooth cutting through, too, but I can't tell.
I also am having trouble remembering a time when I cared. I feel so tired that any coping skills I used to have (distraction! patience! calm, loving attention!) are completely gone and all I can do now is stand in another room and practice counting breaths while children scream.
I even broke my sister's rule today and ate in the bathroom (a small bowl of coleslaw - it was not satisfying). All I wanted was to take a couple bites without a crying child in the room.
So much for wanting more time with my kids.
I will take pictures when the happy times return.
Here's a cartoon, though. It might only be funny to me:
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Jenny and Cade have been biting each other, pinching, slapping, screaming, pushing - you name it. They are not happy doing ANYTHING. Hacking coughs, not sleeping. IT'S ALL STUPID TEETHING.
I feel your pain. I think drugs are the answer. My mommy forum swears by Hyland's Teething Tablets, I am going to try to remember to get some.
Slaw in the bathroom - double gross. Mayonnaise should NEVER be in the same place as poo.
I can't imagine poor Jelly and Cade teething together.
Should be a great time at M&D's - three teething kids under one roof. Let's ditch them and go to the York!
Oh... and she did a nursing strike with both teeth. Apparently very common. First time I freaked out worrying about it, but the day the tooth came through, nursing resumed. When the strike started the second time, I knew a tooth was on its way and sure enough it was. Sometimes during her "strikes" I can get her to nurse if I nurse her standing up. Don't know if that helps. Oh and I got the Hyland Teething Tablets and they appeared to help - or maybe it was just timing. Who knows. They are Dr. Sears approved.
Teeth suck.
Good to know about the strike/tooth link, though.
Maybe that's why I'm fighting so much with Nate to nurse him the past week. Seriously, if I have to keep working this hard to FORCE a baby to nurse, I'm going to the bottle.
I feel like if it was just one baby teething, or just working, or just a toddler teething, I could handle it. But all three at once is just too much. I'm at my parent's now and all is much, much better!
Deep breaths. Give her meds -- there is no need for her (and you!) to suffer that much.
Good luck.