3rd fallen tooth

Swollen Gums

This is just one. There are 7 other sites of swell, 4 of which are molars and worse than this.

Poor baby. It'll be over soon, before the second molars come in.

New Teeth

ER is growing out 8 teeth now.

He's in obvious agony, especially now. He whines when he feels the pain, digs into his mouth and complains :"pain pain!"

He drools and bites the spoon I feed him with. And he puts random toys to the erupting gums to grind on. He speaks like he has numb jaws occasionally too.

At 11.35pm now, his eyes are puffy from being sleepy and he almost drifted off to sleep, lying on the abandoned toddler bed without suckling.

He asks for the teething gel periodically by rubbing his gums and pleading: "gel gel!"

Dun recall AN having such hard time when she was teething. Or was it only because ER displays his needs better than she used to?

His runny nose scares me...I wonder if it's because his bronchitis is back again, after just slightly more than 2 weeks of being well, or if it is because he is teething.

I hope it's the latter.

He's finally fallen asleep as I'm writing this post. The next few days are not going to be easy.

Moody

Been rather moody and touchy since 2 days ago and it seems AN is at the receiving end more than anyone else.

Since 2 days ago, of all times, she started to have night toileting glitches. I can wake her up to pee and she'd still have her training pants wet the next morning. It's been months since she stayed dry at night and would wake me up to bring her to the restroom if she needed to relieve herself.

I was disappointed, no doubt. And she was frightened when she knew she wet herself. I was so so tempted to scold her and it took me tonnes of energy to keep myself from saying anything.

Very very moody.

And ER is teething. Finally, those missing teeth are sprouting! 8 of them are appearing at the same time. Must be painful because he's not chewing his food and his appetite got worse than ever.

To ensure he continues to receive nutrients, I gave him milk more often (since he's not eating) and I guess he's growth rather sick of it. He threw up as much as I gave him on several occasions...

My only consolation is, this happy boy keeps my moodiness under control with his cheerfulness.

I feel bad towards AN because my tolerance level is lower than usual as it is and it's almost like nothing she did was right...

There was finally some improvements tonight. She didn't get into trouble for anything.

But she was wet again when I woke her up for toilet duties at 1am. :( Could feel my anger gushing up to my head and THANK GOD I fought back the urge to react! She gave me a sleepy smile, blissfully unaware that mummy was fighting herself inside.

I love her. I need to show it more :( I need to keep my emotions in check :(

My Night Terror

ER had been waking up screaming for 4 nights now, and without apparent reasons. We think it could be his sore gums that wake him, but it's been 4 nights. I read that if it's due to teething, babies is not likely to fuss for more than 7 days. 3 more days to ruling out teething as a suspect.

Mr Liow is also suspecting night terror, but ER will be fine each time I bring him out, after applying the teething gel. I'm not sure if it's the 'bring him out of the room' or the teething gel that works but he'll be fine upon waking up away from his room. Doesn't quite sound like night terror when babies keep screaming and doesn't wake up.

One thing is for sure though: I lie beside my night terror every night. I wish I can use the word 'sleep' instead of 'lie'.

Looking forward to the day I get more than just 4 randomly-split-up hours of night rest.