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05-3-2009 - Plastic in his mouth!!!

My mood while writing this blog: Duh, Mom...

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I was bouncing Augustin on my knee, extreme horsey style, while sitting on the back of the love seat looking out our front room windows. We were waiting for Shawn to get home and I, with my infinite parenting skill, was going to start teaching him extended cause and effect... That car comes here, seconds later, Dad walks in the door. Hooray! Currently the dog is "trained" in this matter: the garage door opens, I scream "DADDY'S HOME" and Cub goes running to the back door, dancing in place until his hero arrives to free him from the clutches of the evil dame. If I can teach a dog this trick, a human should be pretty easy!
So, we're bouncing, one hand on his hip, the other on the reins, when SUDDENLY Widow Kempton calls out for a Sheriff. Hand on hip slaps the horsey and quickly takes up station at the reins... horsey starts running. The Widow screams out again... the horsey goes much faster after another bum-tap, and Augustin sits low and forward in the saddle. He was back to a saunter after it turned out to be a false-alarm (stupid Widow) and started trying to chew on the reins (my hands) so I stuck a finger in there to let him gum it up. "What the hell?" He has something in his mouth... what? What could he have gotOH. Idiot. I can't believe I'm in charge of raising another person. Of course I'm thinking he has plastic in his mouth... no normal person would think, "man, could this be a tooth?" but in stead, "Oh my GOD, he's going to CHOKE!"
I immediately whipped him around and we threw a big party (which brought the dog over, who was ecstatic to find that the blinds were up, who then got up on his hind legs for a view, seeing Sasha the Weimereiner, and announcing it to the evil dame... which Augustin thought was HI-larious... apparently dogs barking are much funnier than evil dames throwing tooth emergence parties). I ran for my cell phone, which one works if I stand next to the front door, facing the hall closet, so close my nose is in the corner, while trying to hold Mr. Squirmer and not step on "OH MY GOD SASHA IS OUTSIDE" dancing queen Mr. Cubbie. Thanks, got it. Sasha's outside. I'm busy, go away before I step on you. God, he needs a grooming. Speed-dial #3... "MOM! AUGUSTIN HAS A TOOTH! Can you call me at home?" I really hate standing in the corner on the phone... all for one bar so I can drop the call. Largest network with least dropped calls my ASH Verizon!
This explains why a. he keeps popping my nipple in and out of his mouth, holding it tight, then POPPING it over the ridge of his gums (Yes, I yell out. Yes it hurts. But probably not as much as male trauma to the groin...) b. he's only happy in mama's arms at night (poor Shawn's been beside himself lately, thinking he's not "dadding it up" effectively!).
I called my sister yesterday morning to tell her the BIG little news. She works in a daycare and as we were signing off, she said, "Wait, JEN! Do you plan on using Orajel on him?" "I dunno, why? I mean, if he's in pain, yeah... I guess it's better than slamming him with Motrin..." "BE VERY CAREFUL. They sell these Q-tip versions of it, where you snap the center of the toothpick, like the glow-stix, and it dispenses the right amount onto the Q-tip. They're more expensive, but it takes SO little of that stuff to be effective. We have parents who give adult-sized portions to their kids, then they end up choking because they swallow the gel and their throats go numb. Use very little, in fact, you can put it on a Q-tip first, then rub it in his mouth. But remember, he has a lot of spit, so if you can put it on a dry area and have him keep his mouth open for a while, that's best." Wow. "Yeah, I totally would've overmedicated him. And then been like, 'Why is he choking so much lately? Must be because he's teething.'" Again, can't believe I'm supposed to be in charge of a person...
So, we welcome with love lower left front milk tooth. Evidence of effective bone growth and development.

On another note: he just finished up another round of Amoxicillin (first ear infection, 3 mos ago, didn't completely drain and this new cold started one off; we caught it before any symptoms due to a routine check up). Anyway, doc advised waiting until 9 mos to start him on yogurt or anything dairy. Erm. Last time he was on antibiotics, he had a horrid rash for like a month, which developed into a yeast infection. It started the day after he went on the Amox. Negatory, good doc. Went out and bought Stoneyfield Farms organice whole fat no flavor yogurt. He LURVS it. Extreme LURV. "Hot spot" gone the next day. Skipped one day of yogurt while on meds, hot spot back. Next day, yogurt administered liberally to baby's tummy, face, inside his left nostril and applied to right eyebrow, hot spot gone. He gets it every day now, even though he's off the meds. Pshew. Yogurt's MUCH cheaper than Monistat (the generic version is what we used to clear up his penile yeast infection... well, not penile: pretty much everything in front of the rectum that was also covered by the diaper had icky yeast infection... look up some pics to recognize it in your kiddos... his wasn't oozey at all and just looked like a bad, persistent diaper rash... apparently 80% of diaper rashes are actually yeast infections!).

Wow, my parentheticals are OUT of CONTROL!
Gotta go.
Momma

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1 Comments on Plastic in his mouth!!!


meecob - Sunday, 8 Mar
and so another phase of growing begins...good luck!