I think my baby is teething!!
He has been drooling a fair bit for a while, but I thought that was just a stage babies go through, as he is too young for teething according to the average.
He has been hard work the last 4 or 5 days. Not sleeping so well at night, lots of time back in our bed. Very needy during the day. By Friday night, what with Jase working 12 hour days and being out a couple of evenings, I was over it. For the first time ever, I sent him a text saying to come straight home as soon as music practice was over. And I went out and left Cooper with Jase for 3 hrs on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
He has been rubbing his eyes and face a lot... I thought he was tired from the poor sleeping.
Then, he got nappy rash for the first time. My sister said that sometimes happens when a baby is teething. I just felt bad because he has been pooing heaps more lately and I figured I wasn't changing his nappy often enough.
This evening, he was sooky again, and when he opened his mouth with a big wail, I noticed a slightly red, swollen patch on his gum with a touch of blood! So I am finally starting to think that maybe all the signs were actually pointing to teething! He hasn't let me poke around or have a good look yet, so I just gave him some panadol and he is back to sleep now.
I'm not looking forward to something really bad happening to him, because I'm feeling so rediculously sad for him just at the thought of teething!
Or maybe he's not teething? After some baby panadol, he slept by himself for quite a while. Was in our bed again last night, but had a good sleep and this morning, nappy rash has pretty much cleared and his gums seem fine from what I can see.
ReplyDeleteJase reckons he must have just chomped too hard on something yesterday.
Ok, so at mother's group, the maternal health nurse had a feel of his gums and said he's not teething and to take him to the GP 'cuz he's not well. The GP said it's a viral infection, which can sometimes cause mouth ulcers in babies, hence the sore gum. So poor bubby is just sick. Although he was happier today, so hopefully on the mend.
ReplyDeletePoor little man :(
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