Growth Spurt?
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Growth Spurt?
| Wed, 09-09-2009 - 7:40pm |
So James is just over 3 months now, and today he's been acting very out of sorts. I'm wondering if it couuld be a growth spurt or something? he's been acting hungry and then frustrated while he's eating, uunlatching and crying every few seconds. He's hardly wanted to play all day and now hes been nursing for like 45 minutes (he never goes that long) or something.
Typically James will eat for 5-10 minutes on one breast about every 3 hours or so. Well today he's been eating ever 1-2 hours, and he just never seems satisfied. I hope it's a growth spurt and not a drop in my supply or something.
Any thoughts?
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Fussy, especially at night, occasional screams of pain, sometimes a low fever, semi-swollen gums, teething on everything, liking cool things on her gums, pulling on the ears, lots and lots of drool, muscousy poops. Some are Desmond's signs, some are Eloise's. We don't tend to have horrible teething symptoms, thanks to the amber teething necklaces we use, but Eloise was definitely not happy with her first tooth coming in, she didn't have many problems with her second tooth. Desmond had no real problem pain-wise, other then when he was getting 8 in at once.
Eloise's first tooth symptoms were pain, occasional screams of pain/discomfort, lots and lots and lots of drool, gnawing on stuff, liking cool things in her mouth to chew, fussiness, semi-swollen gums, and muscousy poops.
Symptoms can change based on the child and the tooth though. Eloise teethed for over a month before getting her first tooth, the drool was her major symptom along with the gnawing on stuff.
Thank you for the sig Mary
Interesting, did you not have the thrush as well?? I was under the impression that usually if baby gets it, mommy will get it too? I'll definitely keep that in mind.
So, on the teething theory, he's got some little swollen bumps, and white dots in his mouth that definitely look like they could be potential teeth. They're not in the right place though, they're on the top, and they're not the middle teeth. However DH's mom said those were the first teeth he got. And, my mom said I had my first teeth around 4 months.
So anyway, I guess we'll see what happens, but I'll definitely keep an eye out for thrush as well...
Thanks for the insight Lorien!!
Thank you for the sig Mary
I haven't gotten it yet (*knocks on wood*). Though, my doctor have me using clotrimazole preventatively now until Patrick's thrush has cleared up.
Good luck with the teething, if that's what it is. Have you tried giving him tylenol at all to see if that helps him feel better? I'm generally not a big fan of taking pain medication for myself, but the pediatrician encouraged me to give it to him if/when it will help him be more comfortable.
Or you could skip straight to whiskey ;-)
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