Comments on: If you hear…

By: Farah

Farah — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:38:24 +0000

I hate teething! We have been working on MT’s molars for 4 months now. They sweel up like you speak of, then they go down for a week or two, then the madness starts all over again!

Wishing you more success than us!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:44:40 +0000

“Intelligent Design,” my ass!

By: Shamelessly Sassy

Shamelessly Sassy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:34:19 +0000

poor baby. I hope they burst through quickly.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:15:04 +0000

Molars SUCK. Well, they chew. But whatever. Flann’s first set erupted at exactly twelve months, and he refused to eat anything but milk and applesauce the whole…freaking…time. Eventually they popped through and he did not die of malnutrition.

Comfort yourself that you’ve got only one more set of molars to go (it’s a truly brilliant evolutionary plan that babies have so many fewer teeth than adults; if they had to crop out our number, they’d probably not survive to be preschoolers), and those won’t pop through for six to twelve more months. Months of, hopefully, blessed peace.

By: Cam

Cam — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:51:10 +0000

Three molars and two canines erupting at the same time here. She doesn’t wail, but has gone on a nice little hunger strike. Pretty.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:03:03 +0000

A long damn time. My 14 month old has one molar. One. I’ve been thinking surgical extraction in Mexico for the other three, just to save us both the misery.

By: erin

erin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:57:33 +0000

Alexa,
I know something that will help Simone’s molars! A foot-long corn dog from the Back To The Fifties Car show at the fairgrounds in St. Paul. We’re going. Tillie’s first solids might have to be fried cheese curds. They would be if I were any sort of good mother.

By: shanna

shanna — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:30:35 +0000

Marjorie’s molars seemed to come up, go down, come up, go down, for-freaking-ever! Once they broke through the gums then things improved. We had a solid month of sleeping again and now we are starting the eye teeth. Those are way worse, so be ready. Lots and lots of tylenol is all that has worked. Now she also has an ear infection on top of getting these stupid teeth though so that is even more fun.

Good luck.

By: akeeyu

akeeyu — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:40:41 +0000

Yes. With a grapefruit spoon.

Well, only in your mind.

I’ll just tell you what the nurse told me: “You know, the vast majority of children aren’t that bothered by teething, but apparently Fitz-Hume is, well, one of THOSE children.”

Yes, yes she is. She starts screaming and stops eating before the teeth even get close to the surface. I think they may still be in her colon at this point, but try telling HER that.

By: Betty M

Betty M — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:27:33 +0000

Yes and yes I’m afraid. Oh and no!