She woke up after midnight, screaming. This went off and on until 4:30 a.m.. She had some moments the night before as well, so the first thought that came to mind was that she's cold. She outgrew all of her warm pj's all at once and all I could find to replace them were summer sets, which makes sense, seeing we're towards the end of May, but the nights have still been chilly.
I waited 20 minutes, a la Ferber, and covered her up. This did nothing.
My next thought was that this was sleep regression. Time to implement tough love.
I waited 25 minutes. She squirmed out of her sleep sack and her baby quilt and was siting up, screaming. Put her back in her sack, nursed her, put her back to bed, but she was still wild and wide eyed.
Waited thirty minutes. Time for a blitz . Diaper changed, baby Advil administered, rocked and lullabied. She was having none of it.
By 4:30 a.m., I gave up, brought her to bed and whipped out a boob. She stayed asleep in our bed until I woke her up at 7. She slept. I managed to perform a miraculous balancing act at the very edge of the bed with my eyes closed. Cirque du Soleil, I'm available!
It wasn't until well after breakfast that I finally saw it. The second tooth. Of course.
I have a theory. Sleep deprivation due to teething is the only reason why the amber baby jewelry business can survive. I know because, despite my better judgement, I almost bought her a necklace this afternoon.
I was able to rationalize the dangers behind buying her an amber bracelet or anklet, yet had convinced myself the necklace would be safer somehow.
I snapped out of it. Amber is a hard rock. A pretty one at that, with a sweet smell because it's petrified Mesozoic era tree sap, but that's all it is. There is zero science backing up the theory that it softens and secrets anything that stops pain. I know this. I did my research, but, OMG I'LL DO ANYTHING TO STOP THE CRYING!!!
Baby teeth. You are on my shit list.
Ugh, we've been getting a new tooth too. Not much fun and really couldn't they all come at once or something.
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing about these magical babies who's teeth come all at once. Clearly, our children will not be getting their invitations to Hogwarts. Sigh... Muggles.
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