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I’m losing my mind. I swear, I’m going over the edge. The good news: Codey is cutting his first tooth and we’re so excited that he’s getting to be such a big boy. The bad news: he’s having a bad time of it and we’re all suffering along with him. The poor thing is cranky and obviously in pain, which I kind of expected with teething; but I didn’t realize it would keep him up at night and put him on a feeding strike. He’s already fussy when he’s hungry, but now, it’s painful for him to eat anything, so he stops eating and is hungry as well as in pain and is just miserable. He’s also been up several times a night in the last week…so, of course, so have we. We’re exhausted and I’m just so glad that it’s Friday. Hopefully, he’ll get over this tooth quickly so we can get a break! Are babies so uncomfortable with every tooth, or is it just the first one? If we go through this with all 20 baby teeth…I don’t even want to think about it!

He’s been such a calm, happy baby in the last couple of months - all smiles and giggles - we made the mistake of bragging to our friends about what a good baby he is.

It looks like it’s one of his front teeth on the bottom that’s coming in - his gums are swollen and red right there. I feel so bad for him, but I don’t know how to help him. I’ve given him a frozen teething ring to gnaw on, but I don’t know what else to do.

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