Blessings From Above: Pearly Whites

It's true - Casey has teeth. Over Father's Day weekend Miss C cut her first 2 teeth and she let us (and anyone within ear-shot) know that she did not enjoy the experience. We were actually at a friend's wedding when the first tooth finally broke through the gums.

About an hour or so before the 1st tooth broke through the gums.

Casey was doing her high-pitched "singing" (as B calls it) and then she just stopped. When she suddenly got quiet I knew one of two things: 1) the tooth cut or 2) she gave up and was just super tired.

For several nights leading up to that day Casey had veered away from her normal sleep pattern of only getting up 1-2x a night and instead was waking anywhere between every 45 min - 2 hours wanting nothing but to nurse but then would be asleep within just a few minutes at the breast. It was exhausting, to say the least. Then, that night Casey went down around 8pm in my arms at the wedding and after waking for a brief period when we got to Brendan's sister's apartment (where we stayed the night) she slept until 5am (if I remember correctly). It was heavenly! The next day, I believe, is when the 2nd tooth broke through and I could tell life was going to be "normal" again (at least until the next set of teeth started bothering her).

Can you see the teeth?

How about now?

So what did I learn through this whole experience? Teething really does hurt! It never really bothered Tegan except for when he was getting his eye-teeth and molars and even then it was very quick and didn't effect his sleep and attitude towards life. All he needed was a little Tylenol and he was back to his normal self. Casey is the opposite, aside from drooling like MAD when teething. She voices her discomfort to the entire world, does not respond much to Tylenol and, as mentioned above, does not sleep well that last week or so before the teeth cut. She also cut her first tooth/teeth long before T did. I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure T didn't cut his first tooth until he was close to a year old... C, as you know, is just 6 months and being that she cut her tooth a few weeks ago was really only 5 1/2 months when hers made their appearance. I was hoping that maybe I'd get a reprieve from the night-time sleep disturbances due to teething, and I have to a point, but I have a feeling that the upper 2 front teeth are already bothering C as after a week or so break from the droolfest Casey is back to being a drool monster and her nighttime sleep is unpredictable. So, I'll keep you updated on how that goes and when the uppers make their grand appearance. UPDATE: so I started writing this a few days ago and she's still back to her up 2x/night routine. So hopefully it'll stay that way for a while. I'm still surprised that she's not sleeping longer. Casey used to sleep until almost 2 or 3am before waking for her first nighttime feeding and now is on a schedule of waking around 11:30 and again at 3:30 (so every 4 hours). Her 6 month appointment is next week, so we'll learn her official weight then, but I'd guess she's around 17 pounds. SO, as far as size goes, she's definitely big enough to sleep for a longer period of time at night than she is...

T (3 yrs 5 mo) & C (6 mo)