Who Needs Teeth Anyway?

Well, ok that's a dumb question, but in all honesty we could just gum our way through life and still survive.


Anyhow, I have decided that teething is God's evil trick on mothers. We have been trucking along cool, calm and collected; Sleeping through the night, getting the poop and tummy aches under control and then this. I could not figure out why Livy was starting to wake up in the middle of the night moaning and whimpering and then getting up for the day at the butt crack of dawn. Because the informational book on all things baby that I have doesn't really say much about teething, I consulted the internet. Sure enough, one of the signs of teething was waking up at night and not sleeping as well. Crap. After our third night of 1 a.m. drama I broke out the Tyleonl and baby ora-gel. And wouldn't you know it, the next morning Livy had her first tooth. He's a sharp little rascal too! I was relieved that the worst part was over for us and then it dawned on me that all of this had only just begun. She still has a mouth full of teeth to get. Crap again. The moaning and whimpering continued through the day and overnight again last night (3 a.m. this time).


Of course we can not go through such a major milestone without Olivia being dramatic. She HATES the ora-gel. The first time I used it she had no idea what it was (duh) and willingly opened up, only to give me "the eye" after I got the stuff in. Livy quickly caught on to the fact that this stuff does not taste as good as it smells and that it makes her mouth feel funny. Because I give her the Tylenol first, she knows what is going to follow. Now she clamps her mouth shut and moans/cries/screams, which is very entertaining to watch. I have to pry her mouth open, which is hard to do when you are trying to hold her arms down and have ora-gel on one finger. I think her lips and tongue are probably more numb than her gums, but oh well. Once the ora-gel is in, Livy screams for a couple of minutes, gives me "the eye" and then realizes that she feels better.