Yes, it’s true – he can scream and very loudly at that.
The only thing that we can see is the problem, is that Jack’s teeth are causing him pain. Because of this pain, he’s not only fussed about eating very much. Because he’s not eating very much, he’s putting his nice little routine out and then he’s hungry in the middle of the night and is awake for a period of time. Being he’s awake, he’s then tired at different times in the day, hungry at different times, and it’s a struggle to know what to do and when, for the best.
Calpol is good, but it takes time to work and it does wear off.
If you haven’t got children, you may not necessarily know about this – basically, it’s paracetemol in liquid form, for babies and children. That, coupled with Nurofen for Children, and MediSed can really help Jack sleep with his various growing pains.
We don’t really ‘keep him dosed up’ all the time – that’s a bit pointless, wasteful and is ultimately giving him medicine that he may not even need, which I think is a little backward. The main times that we generally need to given him anything like that is at night times, but then it can be a struggle by yourself, as when he needs it, he isn’t calm and relaxed enough to take it without splashing it up the walls, or covering himself in it.
Jack is normally very good. He’s well tempered most of the time and we haven’t had much problems in that respect. However. The last few days have been a bit… unusual. At times, it seems like he’s cried for days and, occasionally, there’s no consoling him. He can be in a mood, tired and sometimes hungry and when he doesn’t get his way, the tantrums come out in full force!
The amount that he’s cried in the past few days, I’d hope that he’s got about 10 teeth all coming through at the same time!
But then, babies do cry. They do have sleepless nights sometimes. Teeth do grow. So, I think that we’re seeing it as one of those things and taking it as it comes really. Once he’s settled down and back to his routine, he’ll be fine again. Until next time…
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