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Abigail's teething

04:15, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 .. Posted in The Homestead Kids .. 3 comments .. Link

Abbie has begun teething in earnest the last couple of days. After weeks of biting down on her fingers and drooling alot, she has now reached the point where she is having trouble going to sleep. Once asleep, she will sleep for quite awhile. Only waking once during the night. The hard part is getting her to sleep in the first place.

Monday night, I had to give her infant Tylenol to give her enough relief to be able to sleep. Then, again tonight (Tuesday) she needed the medication. My heart breaks for her when she is hurting. Poor baby is 6 months old, has no idea why she hurts and is too young to understand it, yet through the pain she must go. Tonight, unlike Monday night, I had to give her a 2nd dose of the med when she woke up at 3:30am. Now, an hour later, she is finally settling down and resting in her bed.

I can't remember how long a baby goes through the teething process until the tooth finally pops through. Right now, you can barely feel the changes in her gums. Which tells me that she has a ways to go.

Last Friday, she started saying "Da-Da" quite abit. Her first word. Now, as she cries, she sometimes holds her hand in her mouth and keeps saying "Da-Da". I wonder if she is asking for her Daddy or just vocalizing using the only word she clearly says.

Joe and I saw last weekend that Abbie is realizing that he leaves for extended time. When she was awake during the weekend and Joe would step outside to do something, Abbie would watch towards to door and cry or fuss until he came back in. Once her Daddy was back in the house, she would be fine again. I have also noticed that when I play Joe's tape that he made for her, she looks around for him. Joe had made a cassette tape of him reading her books to her. I play this for her every night. She also looks around for him when he calls and I hold the phone to her so he can talk to her.

I wish that I could explain things to her so that she understood what was going on. That the pain from teething will pass. That even though her Daddy has to be gone during the week working, he always comes back home. It must be strange to a young baby, all of the changes they must go through. As a Mom, I wish so much that I could hold her close and help her understand that everything is going to be alright. When she is hurting, I snuggle in a chair with her and my shawl wrapped around us both. I sing or talk softly to her and comfort her the best that I can. I also pray for her while snuggling her to me. I just feel that maybe there is something more that I can do. Maybe it is the "Momma" in me. I know that she must to some extent work through these things on her own. I can't go through the teething pain for her, or the separation issues either. I can only be there to hold her and offer whatever comfort that I am able to.

Seeing a little one go through pain and such makes me wonder why people say that giving birth is hard. The hard part is watching them go through the growing pains of their life and having no way to remove all of the pain and discomforts from them.

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01:48, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 .. Posted by marys4littlelambs
I'm sorry your little is having a hard time:0(

You can get some natural teething tablets that dissolve in their mouth. They worked great for mine when they were teething. I am pretty sure you can get them at any pharmacy or health food store.

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09:39, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 .. Posted by meme21713
babies are so much fun, espically when learning so many things in their new world..As she gets older and cuts more teeth it should be easy sailing...It is very surprising how they know their surroundings and misses what is not there, Like DaDa.........debbie

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08:18, Friday, September 22, 2006 .. Posted by tami from the group
hyland's natural teething tablets are fantastic! about $6 at health food stores tho some grocery stores may have them. i swear by them cuz they work fast!

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