The first is teething. Joey first tooth has come through (the bottom front) and the second, right next to it, is either through or the closest thing to it. He is, understandably, a bit upset about the whole thing. (I'm getting reacquainted with my absolute inability to cope with sudden wailing. I'm ok if something happens, or if there's a cry build-up, but to have an infant suddenly start howling at me is completely unnerving. Ok; end of unmanly admission.)
The second T is Tylenol, and there may actually be nothing better. The nice thing at the moment is that it doesn't seem to even need to take effect; Joey calms down whenever he tastes it. I've given him a little bit before bed for the last two nights (shortly after he started howling at me) and he slept for 8 hours (straight) the first night and 7 hours the next.
I'm trying to figure out how to convince Julie that drugging our child should become part of the bedtime routine.
It was such a tease, though. Those two nights were all we got.
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