Ethan had his first tooth pop through last week. It doesn't seem to be all the way through yet, plus the gum area right next to the tooth seems red and irritated like another tooth may be coming. He's been chewing on things and drooling a lot, which I know is normal for teething. However, tonight he just started screaming at the top of his lungs like he was in terrible pain. Nothing dh or I did calmed him down. I gave him a couple Hylands teething tablets and he continued to scream. I used some Orajel on him, and other than stopping briefly to spit, sputter, and give me a "why did you do that?" look (he hates Orajel) that gave no results either. I finally gave him some Tylenol and that, with a bottle, rocking, and his white noise machine finally calmed him down. He did wake up about an hour later screaming again, but I just rocked him briefly and he went back to sleep. His nanny said he was like this all day-if he wasn't sleeping, he was crying. She said he woke up once with a nose full of green boogers too, which worried me because it's so important to keep the babies healthy this winter so their lungs can grow, heal, and catch up. He wasn't acting sick, isn't congested, and hasn't had any "boogers" since then-he did this one other day too where he woke up from a nap with a nasty green goop filled nose (a week or so ago) and that time, too, he didn't seem sick or congested, and his nose never got plugged up again. Plus, he's seen by a public health nurse twice a month, so he is checked up on often.
Still, with as sick as that little boy was after he was born so early, I worry about him. Is the snotty nose and uncontrollable crying part of teething??
I can't really compare him to Natalie as she doesn't seem to be teething yet.
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