This weekend, Little MPB’s 16th tooth made it’s existence known and has officially started it’s arrival.
The Adult MPB’s are scared.
His last lower canine (tooth 15) took weeks, and it was the worst teething experience we’ve had so far. And if the Adult MPB’s are miserable, I don’t even want to imagine how hard this must be on Little MPB!
So, we are now dreading the next week (or two). We are expecting:
- Very little sleep in the MPB house.
- A clingy and grouchy Little MPB. (Is it horrible for me to admit that I’m kind of excited for the snuggling that comes along with the clinging?)
- A tough time at daycare for grouchy Little MPB.
- Copious amounts of drool everywhere.
- A food battle where Little MPB wont want to eat almost anything because of the pain.
- Diaper rash and a stuffy nose, because both always come with a new tooth. Who knew diaper rash was correlated with new teeth?
All I know right now is that I desperately hope Little MPB will once again take baby Advil and/or baby Tylenol via a sugar dipped syringe. I don’t know that we’ll get any sleep if we cannot get some sort of baby pain killer into him.
Wish us luck!
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We are now almost 2 solid weeks into daycare, and I’m happy to report that after a very rocky start it’s finally going a bit better!
The first week was so bad I was very tempted to remove him and just find another nanny. He cried all day, every day for 4 solid days. By the 4th night he’s been so upset during the day that he basically had no voice left. It was excruciating for me knowing he was this upset. In fact, it was so bad that I refused to drop him off at daycare because I couldn’t bare to see my little boy that upset. My inability to be around last week to help with drop-offs and to pick him up early was probably the only two benefits of me working so much!
But we are now at the end of week 2 and it’s been significantly better. Not perfect, but better. Mr. MPB is still doing the drop-offs and tells me he still cries at drop off, but not nearly like before. Evidently it’s more like a whimper. During the day he now plays with other kids, rather then being held all day long by one of the teachers. His naps are improving. He’s smiling in the pictures they send us throughout the day. He doesn’t need his soother all day long to help comfort him.
These are all signs of improvement in our minds.
I recall everyone telling me that it would improve as Little MPB adapted to his new daily routine. And, it appears that everyone is right.
But, I’ll admit, knowing it is a process doesn’t make it any easier to know he’s so upset!
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