Teething??

So at the Doctor's on Friday he mentions that teething will probably begin soon...when he said soon - I am pretty sure he was referring to last night being the beginning of it! :) Ella went down last night at approximately 7:45...she only ate about 2 ounces before bed (usually its much more!) but after 2 she was done...she kept using her tongue to push the bottle out of her mouth. So I put her down...a little while later I go to bed (around 9:30)...I fall asleep quickly...and wake up to Ella fussing...I look at the clock...sure that it's going to say 3 or 4 something (her usual time of getting up to eat)...nope...it says 11:37pm...ugh...so she's going to go back to sleep right? I wait for a few minutes to see if she quiets down....no not happening...I had a bottle all ready to go so I bring her upstairs and warm the bottle up...4oz she sucks right down...so I figured she must have been hungry since she only ate 2 oz before bed...I try to put her back down so I can go back to sleep...but she's really not liking that and just keeps making little fussy noises...I hate to keep Josh awake since he has to be up at 4:30am...and he's awake now with all her fussing...so I said well I'll just take her upstairs and I'll sleep up there with her (we haven't made the transition yet of putting her in her room...I just hate having our rooms on different levels)...so I bring her and put her in her crib...and I get in the guest bed...she fusses for just a few minutes and then goes to sleep...by now it's about 12:30....I finally fall asleep...I wake up to hear noises from her...surely it must be 5-6ish....no...2:27am...ahhh what?? She can't be hungry...maybe she just wants a pacifier...I try that...she spits it out after about three seconds of having it in...about 10 times in a row...maybe a little bottle will help...so I make a 2 oz bottle...that does the trick...she's sleeping by the end...down she goes again...and again takes me a while to go to sleep again....what's that...she's awake again...4:46am....really?? So I get up and make a 3oz bottle....she downs that and goes right back to sleep...but now I'm wide awake...I hear Josh getting ready, the dogs are barking, Josh comes in and gets my phone...he's lost his and is calling from my phone to find his phone....I finally fall asleep around 6...7:00am...alarm goes off :( I peek into the crib to have big eye balls staring right back at me! But at least there is no fussing! I hop in the shower quick before the fussing begins (I hope!) I get out and she's still just looking around and is all smiles...I get her up and she eats again :) I put her on the floor (on a quilt) after her breakfast to play with her toys while I try to finish getting ready...she gets fussy soon...so then I try the swing...still fussing....finally I come out after blow-drying my hair to see this....

 

Poor girl...finally falls asleep...and I then have to wake her up as we have 30 minutes before we have to leave the house and she has to have a bath! (She only got a 10 minute nap). She gets bathed and dressed and off we go...I thought for sure she would sleep on the way to the sitters...nope! She "talked" to her little animals in the car...I bring her in to the sitters...and I tell Beth...well I am sure she will nap lots today (I proceed to tell her about our evening/morning)...Josh picks up Ella and the sitter said...well she didn't really nap...a few cat naps and that was it...he brings her home and feeds her...she didn't want her whole bottle...kept pushing it away...I get home at 7:30...and I try to feed her..but she doesn't want that bottle...she wants to instead shove her hands in her mouth and fuss! So at 8pm...instead of a nice sleeping baby...we have a drooling, messy, fussy baby....ahhh! So I said...I think it's teething...maybe a little baby tylenol?? So she gets a little (not a whole dose - but 3/4 of a dose)....I make another bottle...put her clean dry jammies on her...feed her the bottle...and she was out like a light (and I pray its for the night!!) and not just a few hours!

On a side note...Bella and Brinly met a huge toad tonight! I let them out while I headed downstairs to switch the laundry...and on my way back up I open the door and look outside to see the two of them side by side right in front of door on the sidewalk...and they both have their little necks stretched out as far as they can stretch them...face to face with a toad! I call them in and they both come bounding in...I kind of wish the toad would have jumped at them...I would have REALLY enjoyed that laugh :)

9:38pm....time to run to jump into bed so I can hopefully get a few hours in before the little girl is up again! :)