Over the Christmas break, Quinlan finally cut his first 2 teeth. We were nervous about this time as everyone says that 2 things can be majorly affected: sleep and breastfeeding. As we have worked so hard on both of those, we feared the time he would get teeth. The first one just appeared without much fuss and was completely unexpected!
The second one came with a bit more fussing. We tried a few things to make it easier on little Q, like gnawing on bread and Ibuprofen as needed.
What he really liked was putting a cube of frozen pureed apple or pear in his mesh feeder. He loved it and it kept him happy for usually the next hour or two. This was much better than waiting until he was crying and trying to squeeze pain relievers in his mouth with a syringe. Quinlan also got to use his new teeth to chop on the ice cube.
Now that we have new teeth we are starting on some finger foods. Quinlan has been munching on Cheerios, small chunks of squash and bits of banana.
Although we keep trying to snap a picture of these new additions, we have not gotten a great photo yet of his new teeth. Below is the best we have gotten, and another picture illustrating his love of chewing on pretty much everything right now!
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