More Teeth

Remember our description of the last time Anders' appeared to be teething, and two weeks later the teeth popped through? Well, this time he was a bit more efficient.

Yesterday he was fussy all day and wouldn't nap; he would just lie on the bed and talk to himself, occasionally crying out to make sure that we could hear him. When it came time for bed he was really tired (having not napped all day), but as soon as we would put him down in his bed he would start wailing. Corinne and I both tried to get him to fall asleep, and each time would be the same: he would fall deep asleep on one of our chests, then wake up immediately and scream. After repeating this sequence three times - and administering infant tylenol, of course - we gave up and eventually let him cry until he fell asleep at about 9:30pm.

But it didn't end there. On a normal night he will sleep straight through from about 9pm or so until about 5 or 6am. This night he awoke at 1:30am, then again at 2:00am. At shortly before 3:00am Corinne suggested that we try a "reset": change him, feed him, and put him back down to sleep. Of course, both he and Corinne fell asleep while feeding, so he didn't get back to his bed until 4am. And he woke up an hour later.

And today he has his first upper tooth! Now that he has some on both sides - two on the bottom and one on the top - he has the potential to do some real damage.

- Mike, Corinne, and Anders Rocket