The special tooth...finally

This tooth is a special tooth. This tooth was hard earned in blood, sweat, and tears (ok, maybe no blood). This was a tylenol-resistant, baby orajel-resistant, nursing-resistant, carrier-resistant tooth. It resulted in less than 3 hours of sleep in a row for days, maybe weeks. It caused uncomfortably soiled diapers 10-15 times a day for 3 weeks. Often, before the pants went back on, a little squirt more would fill the new diaper and, holy cow, it better be changed again NOW or you'll hear about it for hours. It interrupted feeding positions and caused biting in some uncomfortable places while nursing (ahem). Laura helped earn this tooth by being patient with me when I was impatient with her. Her stories, snacks, naps, games, and songs were cut short by the wailing of her little brother struggling to cut this tooth. This tooth caused buckets and buckets of drool to fall and had Adam chewing on his hands, my hands, blankets, pacifiers, toys, books, and anything within reach. We all earned this tooth. This tooth is a special tooth.

Here's to hoping that this is Adam's only special tooth.

OK, so I actually wrote that on March 31st. I thought I saw a tooth just under the surface and wrote that one evening when I had the time. Well, I was obviously wrong. That special tooth didn't show up until May 18th. His teething symptoms definitely took a break, but came back with a vengeance two weeks ago. So along comes this little tooth (on the bottom right) and I was thinking that we were in the clear for a little while. Well, he certainly set me straight. Since getting the tooth, he's had fevers, been fussy, clingy and hardly slept at all. I know that all kids go through this and we will certainly survive. Surviving Laura's infancy definitely gave me perspective, but I'm running out of perspective. I wonder if these fevers and sleep problems are the next teeth coming in, or the current one getting bigger. We may never know. 

Lately, I've only been coherent enough to post pictures here, so maybe someday I'll get back to writing more. I do like using this as a little journal to go back and remember. But for now, I am going to sleep when I can get it.