It took us almost three months to cut our molars. Why am I grouping myself in that statement like we, as a group, are cutting teeth? BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE. Those molars were awful. We had to go back to wearing bibs everyday, which I hate. But if we did not? The drool would soak NikkiZ’s clothes within a few hours. Even with the bib, her clothes would still get soaked. Just not as fast. As a matter of fact to combat the constant flood from NikkiZ’s mouth, they replace the bib we send her in with a school bib at lunch time, give the original bib time to dry, and then they would put it back on her after nap. And would still be soaked when we’d come get her.
There was a LOT of drool.
A few weeks ago, all of the molars poked through at once. FINALLY. And then a week later? The drool stopped. We had a reprieve from the constant wiping of her face and changing of her clothes. It was heaven.
But now - now there are canines. Those crappers are coming in all at the same time too. What’s up with that? I guess I’d prefer that over one-at-a-time for the next 10 years, but still. BAH. So -The Drool -it has returned. As has the screaming and the biting and the general unpleasantness. I think this is it, though. Once these suckers come through, I don’t think there’s anymore left for awhile.
Of course, now that I’ve said that, she’ll probably cut her 12-year molars and her wisdom teeth by June.
We feel your pain. We go through 5 or 6 bibs a day….it is crazy!
With all my son’s drooling, I feel that I have single-handedly helped the bib industry profits for FY ‘06.
My mom always said teeth aren’t worth it. First ear infections, then pain, then they all fall out, then they come in, then braces. Just not worth it.
Wow, I feel for you. My son is 12 months and it seems as if he’s been working on his molars or canines or something since he was 10 months old! I can’t tell which ones they are b/c his gums are swollen on both sides! I’m ready at times to throw in the towel. He always seems to cut two at a time. So I’m ready for when he’s all done, but then he’ll have to loose them all:0
It is bizarre to me how completely different the teething experience can be from one kid to another. . . my son has had all his teeth now for a while (he’s 21 months), and we could never tell when he was teething until another tooth popped through. I couldn’t even keep on top of it enough to write down when the teeth came in–that’s how much of a non-event it was.
I guess we suffer in other ways, with him (and, by extension, me) getting a cold or some other illness every 2 weeks. Boy, do I love daycare and the germs it spreads.