A New Tooth

Quinton had his 2nd tooth push through last night. He acted fine all day, not overly fussy at the sitter's or at church. He fell asleep in the car on the way home and so we brought in the car seat and let him sleep for a while. We had only been home for about 15 minutes when he started screaming. I mean blood-curdling something was really wrong screams. This lasted for about 15 minutes until Gabe handed him off to me for bath time. He seemed to calm down some, but didn't have as much fun playing in the bath water as he usually does. I got him out to get him ready for bed and the screaming started again. I finished getting him ready, and then decided to feed him and put him to bed a little early figuring the screaming was because he was hungry and tired. He ate fine and slept for all of about 20 minutes at which time he woke up screaming again. By this time Gabe and I knew something had to be wrong because Quinton was definitely not acting like himself. He wasn't running a fever and showed no other symptoms to give us any indication of what could be wrong. Something told me to check his mouth. That really made him mad and I knew we were on to something. When I was finally able to feel along his bottom gum, there it was, tooth #2! In fact it was through enough that you could actually see it! He now has both of his bottom front teeth! 2 teething tablets later, he was back to his usual self and has been fine since. I hope all of his teeth come in this way. From the horror stories I have heard, an hour of cranky baby is way better than days of a cranky baby who also runs fever, etc.