Teething Troubles

Kaitlyn has been showing signs of teething since a bit before Thanksgiving. One little guy FINALLY surfaced on New Years Day (just under 5 months old). I say FINALLY, because the sprouting of this first tooth was accompanied by just about every symptom you can find in the books. I hear some kids blow through this "teething" process without any problems....no so for our little daughter. She started acting fussy, had a slight fever, diarrhea, was sleeping badly for naps, was congested, had a cough, and wouldn't breastfeed well. I even rushed to Longs to buy saline drops, a humidifier and Vapo-steam to try to get her to sleep and breathe better. Once the tooth surfaced, it was accompanied by waking in the middle of the night (but possibly due to her not getting enough to eat during the day since my milk supply decreased while she was not eating well). Thankfully, everything has since gone back to normal and Kaitlyn is laughing, smiling, and "talking" more than ever before.
On a more recent note.... tooth #2 just sprouted yesterday without a hitch.


Here's Kaitlyn showing us how many teeth she has.