Teething... Again.

Last week we were dealing with the dreaded infant cold.

Finally, after many days of steamy showers, booger sucking, Vicks Baby Rub, and saline rinses we've finally got the infant cold under control. Monster seems to be on the up swing, and the only thing that's keeping me from saying he's completely healthy again is the random sneezing.

For the last two days he could have been perfectly healthy too, but I'm reluctant to say it because infant cold symptoms are very similar to some infant teething symptoms.

Monster is 7 months and has not broken any teeth yet. He has been a drooly mess since he was 2 months old, but the coughing and chewing didn't start until around 5 months. Now we have to add the teething cough (typically happens when the infant is drooling a lot due to teething) and the ear pulling.

For the last couple days it's been hard to separate the remains of an infant cold with the starting of another phase of infant teething. Whoa is me. It seems that Monster has an overly sensitive bump on his lower left gum (around the bottom canine) so he's hoping it breaks out and doesn't torment Monster for another few months.

As for this mommy, I'm off to the health food store to replenish my stock of Hyland's Teething Tablets.




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