All I Want For Christmas Is My Two "Bottom" Teeth

Over the past few weeks Carson has not been himself. Of course Reid and I always talk to each other about it, "Well what do you think it could be" and no one has the answers (babies are tricky!). Teething keeps coming up a lot and I have noticed some signs, but never really thought it was only teething problems. So out of curiosity I Googled teething yesterday. Thank you http://www.breastfeeding-problems.com/teething-baby.html for the spot on description of little man! I hope we get some teeth soon because this is no fun...

What are the signs of teething?

- Teething rash ~ This is a rash found on baby’s chin from all the drooling: it's not bad but occasionally you'll see a little rash on his chin

- Chewing on everything in sight: he's always put everything in his mouth but lately he chomps on  your finger

- Waking up at night (plus other changes in sleeping patterns): Mom has been on a workout hiatus thanks to this

- Reflux (spitting up more often): just when I thought we were getting better!

- Becoming fussy at the breast: this is not helping his weight-gain issues

- Ear tugging and eye rubbing: tons of ear tugging, and silly me was thinking the eye rubbing was allergies or something

- Congestion or runny nose: we've had congestion since Sept. but it has picked up a lot recently

- Excessive fussiness: this started yesterday for the little guy. We tried ice cubes in the mesh feeder. Today we'll try a frozen banana!

- Excessive drooling: Carson has always drooled a ton but his new thing now is to blow spit bubbles. Too much drool!

- Swollen, red gums: I haven't noticed this one, but his bottom gums are a little white

- Teething fever and diarrhea: no fevers thankfully 

- Infant Diaper rash: poor guy has had two instances of extreme diaper rash

In other news we travelled to Texas for Thanksgiving this year. Carson is a squealer now so the guy next to us on the plane probably wasn't too happy with his cute baby noises at 7:00a. When we got there, he was a little overwhelmed at first with all the people staring at him, but was happy and content when mommy was around. So thankful we could make it down there! Reid and I even had an evening out with the cousins. Carson apparently did not approve because he did not cooperate for bedtime. Sorry Grammy!!

I'll leave you with a video of a new food we tried! Since we didn't have much luck with sweet potatoes (gobbled them up but did not sit well with his stomach), we went for another orange food, carrots! This day he wasn't really interested in food in general, so we are going to wait a few days and try again.