Teething....

....STINKS.  Ugh.  It has turned my super happy little boy into a super unhappy little boy.  Well, some of the time.  It has gotten TONS better the past few days, and we've all been able to sleep really well.  But there was about a week where he had to wear disposable diapers 24/7 because his poo was giving him a rash (we think it was too much new food-but maybe I can blame that on teething too).  He screamed every time I had to change his diaper, poor guy.  I just noticed a couple days ago that it was completely better, so we've been doing about half cloth diapers and half disposable.  Disposable at night, which typically leads to me changing him once during the night, which also typically leads to a not so happy little boy.  If I'm lucky, I can do it while he's sleeping and he won't even be bothered.  That happened maybe once.  Ha.

But during this whole week and a half, his poor little gums were bothering him too.  Especially at night.  We had a bed time routine:  brush teeth, orajel, tylenol.  Sometimes that didn't help. A couple of the nights consisted of very little sleeping and a lot of crying/comforting.  The whole weaning process was completely thrown out the window for now.  I can't take that away from him.  It's really what soothes him at night.  And I'm ok with that.  I'm praying the rest of his teeth hurry up and come in, so we can start weaning again.  Until then, he pretty much can have whatever he wants. :)

His 5th tooth finally cut on Dec 6 (bottom left Lateral Incisor).  You can see it in the pic....his expression pretty much says what we think of teething. :)

UPDATE: Tooth 6 cut today, Dec 29! :)  It's right above his 5th tooth.  It's the top left Lateral Incisor.