I am such an idiot.
After two lovely days with PK, me foolishly believing I could handle two kids, we got a whopper.
Not one, but two molars cut last night. Screaming baby clinging desperately to my torso for an hour and a half, and I couldn't do anything to make it better (and it had nothing whatsoever to do with the boring speeches or even Hillary's hideous orange suit.) Her diaper rash came back, though it disappeared by morning. And of course, I couldn't find the teething tablets or orajel, either. I ended up sleeping in the guest bed with her, so she wouldn't be alone when she woke up in pain. Neither of us slept much, and I woke up more than drained, because nursing was the only thing that would calm her in the wee hours of the night.
Bleary-eyed this morning, I turned the house upside down, but the magic meds were nowhere to be found. PK left early today, but Dr. B had the car (first week of school--he's swamped with meetings and planning and teaching and is still at work at 9 PM) so I couldn't even go to the store. He came home for supper, and watched her for a bit while I ran to the big box, desperately searching for the homeopathic air pills and goop to make her a little more comfortable. She took them without question, and even came back for more gel (I guess she likes that fake weirdberry flavor).
She went down easy tonight. Hopefully, she stays down. Mama's tired, too.
3 comments:
Yuck! Hope today is much, much better. My Grandpa Kj swore by whiskey when I was teething. :) Said it did double duty, numbed the pain and I slept. No wonder I loved JD in my college days.
Have faith. This too shall pass
Ughhh. I hope you were able to get some rest and she was able to find relief from the pain. What hard work teething is!
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