Teething
Necessary Developmental Step Required For Proper Nutrition
Or
Evil Plot to Send Mothers into an Irreversible Downward Spiral of Despair?
So, The Bomber has been teething for the past couple of weeks. I am thisclose to losing it. It’s worse than ever because she’s never had pain like this before. I know some moms babies get it bad every time they get a new set of teeth… and I consider myself The Bomber quite lucky to never have had to go through this before. Don’t get me wrong, she was fussy before, had a few fevers, and had a few rough nights sleeping. But, other than that, it was pretty easy. The worst we had to deal with was the onslaught of drool (for three months straight while we waited for her first set… I swear she lost 2-3 gallons of fluid a day). But trust me, I’d take the drool 10 times over if the alternative is what we’ve been dealing with recently.
This child has not stopped whining/crying/wailing/temper tantruming for two weeks straight. I say up. She says down. I say left. She says right. I say yes. She says no. Actually, she doesn’t really say any of those things… except for the no part (which she just started last weekend, which is Super Fun – but that’s a different post). Anyway, you get the point. It doesn’t matter what I try to do, the child WILL NOT COOPERATE. Here are two examples. 1) Standing in the kitchen in front of me wah-ing with her arms up in the air – so I stoop to pick her up and she throws herself on the floor and screams “NO!” and proceeds to cry on the floor. Seriously?!?! You just gave me the universal sign for pick me up. What are you doing on the floor? 2) Rocking in the bedroom getting ready for bed, trying to read. She abruptly gets up, walks over to her crib, starts climbing up the bed side and says “night night”. Okay, apparently you’re ready to go to bed right now. So as I lay her in the bed and give my final good nights, she starts screaming “NO! NO! NO!” and again, throws herself into a heap wailing.
This is how every encounter with The Bomber has gone down for the past two weeks. I remember when she was less independent and all she wanted to do was cuddle when she didn’t feel good. Apparently cuddling is off the table now. Temper tantrums seem a much more logical approach to a) getting your way and b) making yourself feel better.
Awesome.
