My parents watched Kai on Saturday 2/16 and she called us to say that she felt a tooth on his bottom gums when she was taking a piece of food out of his mouth. Tyson and I weren't surprised because she had noticed that his gums were looking a little different lately.
Kai showed NO signs of teeth until the tooth actually started to pop through his gums on Thursday, 2/21. He woke up with a 101.5 fever. I gave him some Tylenol and sent him on his way to daycare. He had a fever all day and Aunt Wendy came to the rescue by bringing him some Tylenol! He didn't sleep well Thursday night and woke up Friday with a fever over 102. Luckily I had (yet another) snow day so I was able to stay home with him. He was definitely not himself!! He refused to eat any solid food and would only nurse (but not very much). He took 3 naps and even fell asleep on my lap when we were watching t.v. That hasn't happened since he was a teeny, tiny baby!! Friday night was by far the worst!! He would fall asleep and wake up 10 minutes later, screaming. Poor babe must have been in so much pain.
On Saturday, Kai woke up without a fever but he still wasn't completely back to his normal self. He still didn't eat much until suppertime. I still gave him some Tylenol before bed because that's when his gums seemed to bother him the most. By this point, we were also attempting to apply Orajel as well. Finally on Sunday we had our happy baby boy back!! He was ready to eat and play!! He enjoyed a blueberry muffin AND pancake for breakfast, oranges and spaghetti & meatballs for lunch, vanilla ice cream for a snack after sledding (thanks Nana!), and veggie soup on Sunday night for supper. He barely left a trace of his meals on his tray.
His tooth is definitely visible now, although not much of it as popped through. He is going to look so different when you can see more of the tooth!
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| I know it's blurry, but he looks too cute not to share! |
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| Promoting good oral hygiene with his new banana brush! |
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