My Baby is Teething... Oh Joy!

This post has been submitted to Your Life, Your Blog. Thanks to Sarah at Real Life!

My daughter Emma is 11 months old and has two very cute bottom teeth. (I don't usually consider teeth to be cute, but baby teeth ARE cute, don't you agree? ;-)

Anyway, yesterday her two top teeth started poking through the gums - youch! That just SOUNDS painful, doesn't it? Well it is, apparently. I personally don't remember, but according to Emma - yes, it's not a fun experience. So, behold my future (and present):

♥ Excessive clinginess
♥ Bouts of crying during which I have no idea what to do for her
♥ Comfort nursing (see my recent post in which I whined and mourned the fact that she was weaning)
♥ Teething tablets down the hatch
♥ All-natural gum-numbing fluid
♥ Chewing chewing chewing on EVERYTHING (including me)
♥ Drooling
♥ Lots of hugs and kisses and singing and anything else to distract her

We aren't picky about what we chew on... lol

My first clue that this was happening came the day before yesterday, but I'm no Sherlock Holmes (hey, it's my first baby - have mercy!). I just thought she was having a grumpy day or maybe coming down with something. I don't think she smiled ALL day. In fact, if you look at some of my pictures from this past weekend, you'll see the serious expressions she was giving me. It wasn't like her and I was wondering what was up... now I know. It was the calm before the storm. Of course, she is a focused child anyway (inherits that from her daddy), but she's also super cheerful and smiley. People are always asking me, "Is she always this happy?"


And I lie through my teeth, "Yes!" ;-)

(not really, lol)

Hmmm, might be nice to make some baby teething biscuits this weekend!

Some things that have been helping us get through the teething times:

♥ Teething biscuits from the freezer
♥ Bamboo washcloths, wet and cold (giveaway and review coming up!)
♥ Her favorite DVDs, including That Baby DVD (you can enter my giveaway for a copy of your own now!)
♥ Teething Tablets (I use Hyland's)
♥ Her favorite things that comfort her - a super soft blankie and her pacifier
♥ Dark chocolate and coffee (oh wait, that's for me ;-)

Chewing on her bamboo washcloth

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Got any tips or stories to share regarding teething babies?

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Reading, Holiday, and Teething Advice, Anyone?

The end of the lovely holiday vacation is over for me tomorrow! How sad! I don't get any weekdays off for New Years, but my husband gets another four-day weekend. *grumble* I don't like working when my husband is off, lol.

We're just laying low today. We're searching for a church right now so I found some sermons for us to listen to online this morning. I think we found one we want to try next Sunday! I'm excited. :-) John is playing a gun-toting game on PS3 and Emma is watching football with him. How did that happen? I never liked sports much myself, but then I'm SO not coordinated, so it may have been a pride issue. ;-) I would love for Emma to be more athletic than I was, so I'm glad her daddy is a sports fan! He can teach her to play basketball and soccer and all that fun stuff.


I'm going to try to get some reading in today. I started Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo last night and so far it's great! I'm trying to think of some young men or boys that I know that I could pass it on to after, but I don't really know any. I think my sister's daughter would like it though so I think I'll give it to her. It's very very well-written for a young adult novel, which I love! And plenty suspenseful. :-) Also, I've started my review of Faking Grace by Tamera Leigh and should have that up this week after I submit it to bookloons.com. I received Kiss by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy last week and I am SO excited about reading it! I can't wait! :-)

I did some yoga on my Wii Fit this morning but I felt so weak, like my body isn't wanting to wake up. Guess I'm just tired. We did have a very busy weekend what with Christmas and visiting family. It was nice, though. Anyway, I wasn't able to do my Wii Fit yesterday (first day I've missed!) and this morning it said, "So, too busy to come exercise yesterday, eh?" - LOL. Hilarious. I miss ONE out of 11 days! ;-) Funny. I like that it keeps you accountable, though. I think one Sunday it said it would be a good day to take a break, so it does encourage getting rested up.


Emma is teething. It's awful, but I think it's worse for some people. She's okay as long as she gets nursed everytime she makes a peep, lol. The advice I've received has been to give her wet washcloths, infant tylenol, teething tablets, and small teether toys. So far she throws the damp washcloths, tries to chew on everything but ends up crying in frustration, and I'm not sure how much the infant tylenol works, but I don't really want to give that to her very often. She liks to chew on her plastic spoon for a little while. I'm going to try to get teething tablets today if I can find some. Does anyone have any other teething advice?