My son just turned three months yesterday and for the past couple of days he has been a real pain to get to sleep. He has cried for about an hour and a half before finally falling asleep (and thats with me rocking him, talking to him, trying everything).
Before, he was such a quiet baby. Never cried unless he was hungry or wanted some attention, that's why at first I had no idea what was wrong.
Lately he has been drooling a lot and biting on his thumb and whole hand. (He never sucked his thumb before and wouldnt take a pacifier.)
I can feel little teeth on his gums, but they are not visible yet. I gave him baby tylenol last night at six thirty, and still at eight thirty he was screaming and screaming. There was no calming him except walking around and patting him and letting him gnaw on his hand.
Finally, my fiance went to get some orajel and about twenty minutes later he went to sleep. But I heard that giving them orajel all the time is not good (and the bottle said not
2006-10-17
02:14:08
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