Monday, December 1, 2008

Bad bad teething!

Past 2 nights Shawn was waking up screaming away. On the 1st night, I gave in and nursed him to sleep.

While yesterday, he was cranky during the evening hours. He was not cooperative at dinner table. I nursed him for awhile and by 8.30pm, he has fallen asleep. He must have been way too tired and had only 1hour plus of sleep the whole day. He woke up at 2am and I let him cry all the way for almost an hour! I figured his cry is like he's in PAIN. He has been digging into his mouth for a couple of days already. May be Molar popping out? This morning he does look like he has eye bags like when I don't get enough sleep and his face had an outbreak of rashes (probably from his own tears and saliva from crying last night). What a nightmare! He sounded exactly as what's being described below.

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PAIN
This cry begins suddenly and is high-pitched and shrill. The cry is loud and long (as long as four seconds), which leaves the infant breathless. This cry is followed by a dramatic, lengthy pause (as long as seven seconds) as the baby catches her breath again. The baby's arms and legs may flail and then jerk tensely back into the body. This cry is nonstop and uncontrollable.
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3 comments:

Nelneyshajo said...

oh very useful inform ley:) sounds like Neysha as well..

Chew Family said...

Poor boy...
Mic, try rubbing the teething gel on his gum before he goes to bed every night...see if that's help.
Take care!

Michelle Looi said...

Thanks Sharyn.. I didn't rub his gums liao with Dentinox for a long time liao.
anyway, am thankful that he was sleeping thru the past 2 nites.. getting back my sanity! :)