Well, we didn't go camping this weekend as we had planned. The good news is that we figured out what was causing our son to wake up periodically screaming last week. Part of it might have been his molar's which are starting to come in, but a bigger part was what we went to the doctor for on Friday. My wife called the doctor on Friday because our son had some irritation and minor swelling in his genital region. (Hopefully our son will forgive me for talking about his issue later on.) Being new parents, we were obviously a little concerned and felt it was more important to go see the doctor than to pack up and go camping for the weekend. It turns out that everything was fine despite the irritation. We found out that it is not uncommon for baby boys to get this type of swelling and irritation from time to time. The cause? Could be any number of things from my wife's pH level resulting in more acidic urine in our son to teething to whatever. What was even better news at the doctor was that our son didn't need any antibiotics. Instead, what our pediatrician recommended (who might I remind people leans towards more natural remedies before medicine) was calendula, neosporin, and breast milk. "Mix the three together, apply 4-5 times daily, and it should clear up." The remedy worked as our son is almost back to normal. No medicine taken internally or anything else for that matter. All in all, it was a good thing we didn't go to Vermont camping this weekend as our son probably would not have had much fun. So now that his little issue is cleared up, on to bigger and better things like dealing with incoming molars.
Overall, our son is doing fantastic with teething, even with his molar's coming in full strength. We had a feeling that more teeth were coming in but couldn't see them for a while. Over this weekend, though, both my wife and I managed to sneak a peak into our son's mouth as he opened it nice and wide to eat. Sure enough, he has some small white spots near the back of his mouth exactly where his molars will be coming in. For those parents out there looking for something to help with teething, our pediatrician has recommended on numerous occasions getting an amber necklace for our son. The amber is supposed to help alleviate the pain. We have not bought the necklace due to the fact that our son has not shed one tear during his whole teething process. It still amazes me to see our son deal with his incoming teeth as if nothing is happening. He does grunt and groan on occasion, but he has taken to doing that on a regular basis because he simply likes the noise now. Outside of his irritation and molar's, he is doing phenomenally well. I have noticed a few new things about our son that I hadn't noticed before. The first, which I absolutely adore, is our son playing peek a boo as I do from time to time. For a while now, I can't remember how long, I have taken a blanket, thrown it over my head, and pull it down to play peek a boo. Well, this weekend I got to see our son do the exact same thing. He takes the blanket, raises it in front of his face, and then drops it down quickly exposing an enormous smile on his face. Simply amazing and funny. The second is our son drinking small sips out of a regular cup with help. We have been trying sippy cups to no avail. He simply wants to play with the cup and not actually drink out of it. So this weekend we figured we would try giving him a regular small cup with some water in it. He opens his mouth as we put the glass to his lips and as the water hits his lips he tries to lap it up with his tongue. It is so cute to watch. He does actually drink some water out of it, albeit not much, but it is a step in the right direction.
The newest thing that he does is open his mouth wide exposing his teeth and keeping his teeth exposed, makes a chewing movement with noise. He smiles while he is doing it and crinkles his nose a little as well. It is yet another cute aspect to our son. And one thing he is definitely not afraid of is strangers. He is a little shy when first meeting someone but it never lasts that long. The extent of his shyness is turning to whoever is holding him and giving them a little hug before turning back around to see who exactly we are talking to or meeting. Soon after seeing that the stranger is OK, he goes back to being his normal cheery self, smiling and acting like a little boy does. It was so much fun to watch him yesterday when we went to REI in Norwalk to get sneakers for my wife and I. He just wanted to get down and explore everything around. So let him explore we did. He was crawling under benches and playing with the foot measuring devices, he tried pulling sneakers off the display rack, he was crawling into shelves, up fake rocks; you name it, he did it. And the whole time he was positively happy. Of course all the activity of exploring part of a store wore him out and he took almost a three hour nap in the afternoon, but we didn't complain about that one bit. I simply can't wait to see what our son will come up with next that we haven't see before. You can be sure that when he does, I will write about it here. Till tomorrow, be well and happy and seize the day as best you can.
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