Teeth! They are cute and small.

 Well, Christmas has come and gone. Christmas day we spent stressing out over cooking, opening presents, spending time with the family, and dealing with teeth.

Yes, on Christmas day we discover why our precious little princess had been impersonating Golem for several days. The fussing and the crying and the screaming. All on repeat. Christmas morning I notice she is chewing on a lot of different things, drooling all over the place and her little cheeks are all red. I look inside her mouth, and there are two little teeth that have popped up, literally overnight. 

Now, I have helped a lot of friends with their children through different stages, but it occurred to me that teething was not one of them. Suddenly, my partner and bouncing baby are both looking at me for help. Here I am looking at google, texting a friend of mine who has two kids of her own. I should know this, I should know what to do to help this little angel. But I don't. 

We do have a teething toy that you put in the freezer, supposed to help the pain and irritation in her gums, that has fortunately been in the freezer for months, so we take it out and give it to her. The look on her face went from, yuk that's cold, to ooo that feels nice too, we're done, I don't want this and got thrown across the room. All within a few seconds. So that's not going to work. I know I can buy teething drops to help, small 1ml vials you pour in her mouth, but it's Christmas day, none of the shops are open. Her Grandma suggests whiskey. Well, I know that back in the day people did. However, we have to be really careful what we give her, she has issues when she was born and took a lot to keep her out of the NICU. Don't want to go there today. 

We dose her up on Tylenol and hope that this will help her till we can get to the shops.

Boxing day was easier. Except, to help her now, she likes to bite. Bite her toys, bite the nipples on the bottles.... bite your fingers/hands/arms/neck, whatever she can reach. She's become a vampire. 

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