My poor boy :(

[Orthosdoxa]

Sammy is teething and is in absolute AGONY. He is such a sweet, darling, smiley, happy boy, and it hurts to see him in so much pain. I would imagine sharp bony structures ripping through tender flesh WOULD be pretty awful! He is screaming in the other room right now and I'm waiting for the nurse to call me back to tell me how much Tylenol is okay to give him, and once Daddy gets home, I'm going to Walmart to buy teething tablets. It just stinks to not be able to reassure him that it's going to be okay. He doesn't even want to be held - he just flails and throws his head back and lets out these blood-curdling SCREAMS. I'm anxious to give him the Tylenol -I just wish I could do more.

And my dancing firecracker (Johanna) will soon be next... oy vey....

:cry:

LK

[kamikat]

The label on the tylenol should tell you how much to give him. Those teething tablets work wonders! I don't have much advice for ya, just take breaks when you need them and just try to have more patience. Have you tried a frozen washcloth? That will help numb the gums. Soak a washcloth in water, then put it in the freezer for a couple hours. My older one loved chewing on frozen washcloths when he was teething, but my younger one refused them.

[Orthosdoxa]

My tylenol bottle only had instructions for over 24 months; less than that it just says "ask your doctor". The nurse said he gets 1.5 syringefuls?! Seems like a lot. He finally fell asleep, at least. I will definitely try that washcloth thing. Thanks for responding.

LK

[eoe]

Freeze a couple of washcloths (consider soaking them in juice) and pray that none of your children are cursed with chronic ear infections.

[rainbowbright]

With tylenol, you give them .4ml until they are at least 1 year old. Frozen carrots are good, ambesol, teething tablets, and I've never tried it myself, but rubbing whiskey on the gums is supposed to do wonders. I can tell both of my twins are starting to teeth and I'm expecting teeth about 4 months of age like my other two.

[skoi]

Praying for your son and for you. We never had teething crying with our little ones who we had for the teething period. We did have teething related runny nose with our bio son, though. With out adopted daughter, we missed teething, and should miss it with our soon-to-come-home son.

My nephews used to chew on those little plastic teethers, but my sister put them in the freezer. Now they say not to do that, just refrigerate them.

[ufonium2]

With tylenol, you give them .4ml until they are at least 1 year old.

That's what my pediatrician said too. 1 1/2 syringes full would be three times that amount, and, IIRC, more than you're supposed to give a 2-year-old:eek:

[Philothei]

With tylenol, you give them .4ml until they are at least 1 year old. Frozen carrots are good, ambesol, teething tablets, and I've never tried it myself, but rubbing whiskey on the gums is supposed to do wonders. I can tell both of my twins are starting to teeth and I'm expecting teeth about 4 months of age like my other two.
instead of whiskey use some ouzo it works the same, but more tasty:). do not overdue it though...Also frozen fruit juice worked well with mine.

[Dust and Ashes]

The Dr. told us to give James .8ml every 4 hours for his fever after shots. He was pretty clingy and whiney for a couple of days but got over it pretty quickly. The Tylenol thing made me nervous and I'm just glad he's off of it now.

Keeping you guys in our prayers every day and will say some special prayers for the babies.

[Orthosdoxa]

1 1/2 syringes full would be three times that amount, and, IIRC, more than you're supposed to give a 2-year-old:eek:

Yeah, that's what I'm wondering about. I haven't given him any; I'm too nervous. I posted a question about dosages on a mom board and hopefully will get some help there. I think that nurse had some bats in the belfry.

LK

[Oblio]

Teething tablets rock.

BTW, they are low toxicity so if your 3 yr old eats most of a bottle (some bottles do not have locks) she will probably be OK, but call poison control just to be sure :)

[rainbowbright]

That's what my pediatrician said too. 1 1/2 syringes full would be three times that amount, and, IIRC, more than you're supposed to give a 2-year-old:eek:

yeah, after one year (or it could be 6 months, can't remember exactly) it's .8 ml and with a 2-yr old, you're supposed to give .16 ml which would be two droppers of .8 mls
1 1/2 would be way too much- maybe the nurse didn't realize how he is:scratch: . Do you have an on-call docotor (not nurse since she gave you the wrong amount)? I just don't want to be giving you the wrong info but that's how I've done it with my older kids and miraculously they're still alive

[MariaRegina]

Tylenol is associated with liver problems including liver cancer. Be careful.

I used those refrigerated plastic rings and my son loved guming those teething cookies. Do they still make them?

After my son's terrible reaction to his first vaccinations, I stopped his series and changed pediatricians. Then he had no real problems with teething, etc.

[Anhelyna]

Try wrapping a small chip of ice in a thin cloth [ so YOU can hold it :)] and rubbing it on his gums.

You can get some soft sort of rubbery/plasticky largish toys that he can hold himself and chomp on [ not actually eat - just chomp those poor wee sore gums up and down on ] . They can be put in the fridge and cooled down too - my girls - ooooooooooh many years ago had a giant clothes peg - about 14 ins long that they used that way.

Be careful if you rub alcohol on the gums - my dentist told me to do that - and the second night we were really having problems I had a slightly drunken infant - Daddy had been a bit heavy handed with his whisky [ mind you we did sleep - all 3 of us ! once it kicked in :D ]

[Orthocat]

Jack Daniels Black Label.

Rub some on the gums - it does work.


Then give him a deck of cards... :)

[prodromos]

Jack Daniels Black Label.

Rub some on the gums - it does work.


Then give him a deck of cards... :)
ROFL :D

[DonVA]

Deal me in!

[Orthocat]

Yeah, that's how I did my son...

but then he kinda looks like this now...



http://www.homevideos.com/freezeframes3/TombStone11.jpg

[Dust and Ashes]

Looks like it's starting here too. Drooling, rosy cheeks, low grade fever and lots of hand gnawing. He's starting to get more irritable too but the tablets help calm him a lot.

[MariaRegina]

When my son had rosy cheeks, it was a sign of allergy.

Of course that was when we were introducing him to other foods, or If I happened to eat an orange and then breastfeed him.

[repentant]

Try a teething ring, make sure it's cold, keeps it numb. Also the wet/frozen wash cloth is good too. Also you may want to get Xylitol. Helps to clean and protect the new teeth. Other than that you and the baby have to live with it. We all went through it, lol.

[Dust and Ashes]

Yeah, I was talking to him last night while he was being irritable and I told him that it was just part of life and we all went through it. I said, "But when it's all over, you'll have teeth and will be able to bite stuff." That seemed to satisfy him a little. :D

[ufonium2]

Aaron got his first two teeth last week, and he's already exploiting their awesome biting power.

He actually did the drooling/fever thing a couple months ago, so we all thought he was teething, but he didn't. Then when he actually started getting teeth, he hardly drooled at all.

[VickiY]

*Note re: Tylenol...there's children's Tylenol and infant's Tylenol...the dosage is different, so be sure the nurse and the doctor knew what you were asking about.

[Dust and Ashes]

The ones we have are "Infants Drops" and it says on the box to only use the dropper included as the dose is concentrated and not the same as others. We got a weight/dose chart for infants under 6 months for Tylenol and we have it stuck to the fridge.