Another Tooth!

Dawson's 2nd tooth has finally made an appearance! 3 weeks after the first! I honestly expected to see it a lot sooner. It's been sitting just below his gums for weeks now. Unfortunately, this one isn't coming in as fast or as easy as the first one did. :-( I could tell he wasn't feeling good last night because he woke up crying a number of times throughout the night. And when he was sleeping, he was moaning and groaning. Poor little guy. I gave him some teething tablets and that seemed to help a little bit.

When he woke up this morning, I could tell that his gums were hurting so I did a little bit of feeling around and sure enough a piece of his tooth is poking out! It hasn't made much progress today, before I put him down for the night, I felt again and it's still just barely poking out. I hope it comes up quickly. I hate seeing him hurting. I made sure to give him some teething tablets every 4 hours and I also gave him 2 doses of Tylenol today. And of course I made sure that there was always a cold teething ring nearby in case he wanted it. Good thing I stocked up on teething rings! I think we have about 8 of them! *lol* Oh, also I put some ice in the blender for him. I made sure before I gave it to him that all the pieces were small with no sharp edges. It was pretty much like the ice you would use in an Icee. I put the ice in his mesh baby feeder and he loved it!

Here's a picture of the mesh feeder to give you a better idea of what I am talking about:




We've had the mesh feeder for awhile now but I never really use it. We used one of them in San Diego a few months ago and we put bananas in it for him. But I ended up throwing it away because I couldn't get all the bananas out! No matter how hard I scrubbed or how long I soaked it in hot water, it was not coming clean! I'm glad I saved the other one, though. I doubt I will use it for food but I will definitely use it for ice if I need to again!

Another thing that seemed to help him feel a little better, for awhile at least, was trying some new finger foods! :-) When I went grocery shopping the other day I picked up a few things that Dawson hadn't tried yet. And today he tried them all!

Dawson meets the Biter Biscuit... dun-dun-dun!


It was a huge success AND a huge mess! :-)

He also tried Cheerios for the first time and some Mild Cheddar Lil' Crunchies. Both of those were a hit as well!


I didn't realize how messy the biter biscuits were going to be. As soon as he finished eating, it was time to take a bath!


Mmm...duck. *lol* Can you tell that he is teething?

I rinsed him off really quick and then let him play for a few minutes. This was his 2nd bath of the day...next time I know not to bathe him before giving him a biter biscuit!

Time to splash!


It feels good to be clean!


And last but not least, a picture of his new tooth! The picture is blurry but if you enlarge it, you can see a speck of white where his new tooth has just broke through and then a bigger piece if white next to it...the tooth that he got 3 weeks ago! :-)


Happy Birthday, Andrea! My niece turned two today! :-)