For the past couple of days, though, it’s been all chaos.  He wakes up early in the morning and won’t stay asleep unless a parent is by him.  Last night was the worst – he was tired at 8pm, but wouldn’t get to sleep until 11pm, and then woke up every 60 to 90 minutes throughout the night, staying awake at one point for an hour before going back to sleep.  I had seen more teeth starting to come in (he has two on top, two on bottom – I saw two more on top coming through), but this lack of sleep was the worst we’ve been through.  [For you mothers who routinely get no sleep…my hat’s off to you.  I don’t know how you do it!]

Tonight, little man was tired at the usual 8pm, but he was struggling to get to sleep again.  We knew he’d been teething the night before and had given him Orajel to help with the pain on his upper gums.

What we didn’t see was the bottom gums.

THE CHILD HAD ANOTHER TWO TEETH CUTTING THROUGH ON THE BOTTOM GUM!!!

THREE TEETH CUT THROUGH IN ONE NIGHT!!  No wonder he wasn’t staying asleep!  Poor child had a mother who just put the Orajel on the top gum and completely ignored the bottom gums, leaving him in pain all night long.  I only found out when I was massaging his gums with some dissolved teething tablets for tonight, knowing there was one more top tooth cutting through.  I felt like an absolutely horrible parent getting so frustrated with him last night between the waking, the crying, the whining, and the biting me when I tried to feed him.

In other news…little man still doesn’t like solid food.  We keep trying.  He keeps spitting it out and looking like we’re poisoning him.

Oh, the irony of it all!