I have two children. I have John, who is two, and Andrew, who is six months. Anyone who has more than one child knows, all of them are different. With John, I got so spoiled! He never cried. He slept through the night the second week we were home with him. The week before John's first birthday, my kids' father and I found out we were expecting Andrew. To say I was in shock is a major understatement. I had had a c-section with my oldest, and anyone who has had one knows you should wait at least 24 months before getting pregnant again. I was still healing, and I was still a new mom to boot.
Everything about my pregnancy with Andrew was different than before. When I was pregnant the first time, I was sick every day for nine months, on bedrest from my 27th week to delivery, diagnosed with toxemia at 35 weeks, and I gained 55 pounds! With Andrew, I was never morning sick, he was an active baby in the belly, I had so much energy, and I lost 20 pounds. All of the differences continued after birth. Andrew didn't sleep through the night until he was three months old. And that was only the beginning! I've been having such a hard time with him while he's been cutting teeth. With John it was a walk in the park. Andrew is back to not sleeping through the night, and he's keeping my fiance and I exhausted around the clock trying to find something that works for him. We do baby oragel, infant tylenol, a little cereal in his bottle to make him sleepy. So many things, and nothing works.
I'm so tired, I can hardly think straight, and I feel like crying my eyes out every time I put Andrew down for sleep and he just wakes up as soon as I fall asleep. I know I'll get through this, but for now it looks bleek. Every thing I've read and everyone I've talked to says you just have to wait it out. Ha! What else can you do, right? I guess I hope that I can look back on this in a few months or so and be glad that it's over, or that someone will see that I got through it and that will comfort them. So if you're a mommy or a daddy to a teething baby, hang in there. As my mom says to me, "This too shall pass."
hey hon, try getting him an amber teething necklace..idk why i didnt think abt them the first time you mentioned bad teething! lol i have a few friends taht use them and the difference was MAJOR. they can be kinda cost :/ but it may really help. http://hyenacart.com/inspiredbyfinn/index.php?c=11 <-- that site has some really good ones [and even some not so "girly"] and information on how amber helps. :)hope he chills soon! but im right there w.you w.the kids being polar opposites..enoch would sit for days and be happy w.nobody messing w.him and would sleep all through the night pretty much immediately..Pres still wont and wants to be held or played with almost constantly lol
ReplyDeletethe life of being a mommy of 2 huh?