If Only

Star: Camden
Supporting Actors: Daddy and Mommy

This past weekend was busy busy! First, this weekend was supposed to be a full of cleaning, organizing and detailing the house. We had about four things that we listed as "to do's" over the weekend and guess how many things got done? One. Our closet is neatly organized and looks amazing! Reason why two through four didn't get complete... Camden. Bless his heart, the poor thing started teething. Now, some of you may think a multitude of things: "WHAT?", "How on Earth?","Really?", "He's too young","No way!"..well, yes way! Camden's showing signs of it: Drooling like a dog, gnawing at his fist and anything he can get his mouth on, cranky, irritable, vomitting, low grade fevers, and cold like symptoms (he sounds congested at times).

What led to our conclusion? Saturday. Around noon he started crying and I mean crying. This wasn't his normal cries that he has had. This was a painful, hurt cry that I've only heard about one time. Sadly, this time occurred when Mommy was cutting his fingernails and the lighting was bad (..or Mommy wasn't careful and pinched the skin around his fingernail). I felt so awful when this happened! Absolutely awful. Thankfully, I didn't get close to cutting his fingernails Saturday but I knew something was up when I heard this cry. First, I thought maybe he was constipated or had a touch of an upset stomache. After about 5 hours of crying and his constant vomitting after every feeding I decided to call the doctor. Once we got the doctor on the phone, Jeff insisted that Camden had signs of teething and of course the doctor had the same reaction that we did; "too young". She ordered us to give Camden Tylenol and Pedialyte if he refused his feedings. Finally at around 7 from exhaustation, Camden fell asleep. I began to research online and sure enough his symptoms all fell under teething. When we felt his gums they were ridged and swollen. Immediately, off to Walmart I went to get Baby Orajel. Needless to say, Jeff and I were exhausted but Sunday was a much better day. We had a happy and pleasant baby thanks to the Orajel!

On a side note, I really wish I could ask Camden what is wrong when he is crying for it seems like no particular reason whatsoever. It would make things so much easier! "If babies could talk!" Additionally, I wish Camden could tell me when he is older why exactly he was crying at each moment. For example, "Camden why were you crying when Mommy was trying to watch Grey's Anatomy? You were quiet, happy and content the whole day until 9 p.m.." I bet his response would be either, "I don't like that McDreamy," or "My feet were cold", or even "Your breath was horrible." If only!

I'm going to leave on this lesson learned. Camden's sleeping. I'm not going to clean a thing. Nap time, here come's Mommy! God Bless and much love.