What do teething and glaciers have in common?

Both mover at a ridiculously slow pace....


We have our bottom teethies well and truly pushed out now. As of last week, however, the top ones are coming through. Unlike the bottom ones that cut in a few days each, the top ones are taking about a week. Much like the bottom teeth, the top teeth are pushing out one after the other with only a few days apart. Unfortunately for little Pi, we are still going.

He is one of those babies that is really bothered by teething, the poor little man. I've been trying to go easy on the Nurofen and Panadol- only giving it when he really seems to need it. The Bongela has been applied at least once daily, but I give up on it to a point at Pi knows what I am about to do and shuts his mouth and moves it away every time I get close. Which means that I am not sure exactly how much I get on the tooth part. Not very much, at a guess.

I have also bought "Hylands teething tablets" off of I-herb.com. I am not sure how much they work, and have only given him the actual tablets twice, as by the time they arrived in the mail, his discomfort seemed to be largely over.

Thankfully, one of the top ones has pushed through, and the second one is mostly there. He seems to be sleeping better and a little less grumpy. Apparently, this is the 'usual' order of when teeth come in (obviously, all babies are different and not all follow this trend).

Lower central incisors- between  4 and 7 months
Upper central incisors- between 8 and 12 months
Upper lateral incisors-  between 9 and 13 months
Lower lateral incisors- between 10 and 16 months
Upper first molars- between 13 and 19 months
Lower first molars- between 14 and 18 months
Upper canines- between 16 and 22 months
Lower canines- between 17 and 23 months
Lower seconds molars- between 23 and 31 months
Upper second molars- between 25 and 33 months

and that's the set of baby teeth! Most kids will apparently have the set by 3 years.