For 12 months we wondered if Jack would get any teeth. I now wish he wouldn't!! Those pearly whites started coming in the week of his birthday. We could see them right at his gum line just waiting to pop through. The bottom, front, right tooth was the first to make its grand appearance. Since then, just a little over a month from that first tooth sighting, he has a mouth full of razor sharp chompers (top and bottom front and top and bottom molars (already!!))!
Bless his little heart, he has had the worst time with teething. We haven't had any drooling issues but when he first started teething he had horrible G.I. upset causing the worst diaper rash I have ever seen. He has never liked a diaper change (he hates being constrained even for a minute for a diaper change) but changing his diaper during teething even made me cry. It was the worst! Thankfully, the pediatrician gave us a formula to compound a diaper rash cream ourselves...we combined zinc oxide, hydrocortisone cream, maalox, and A&D ointment. It worked wonders.
I have said more than once, that I will pull all of my teeth out if his will just stop coming in. However, most days he does well tolerating the pain of teething. He loves to chew on anything he can get his little mouth around (including my feet...he thinks trying to bite them is the funniest game, silly boy!) and apples have become his new favorite food (I think gnawing on an apple slice feels good on his gums). We have definitely used our fair share of baby tylenol and motrin which seem to instantly relieve the pain.
I am thankful that he is developing just like he should, but will be so happy when all those baby teeth have found their place in his little mouth!
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