"Teething" update

This is a little slow in the coming, but I forgot to tell you the aftermath of Isaac's fever from last Tuesday evening.

We had basically convinced ourselves that he was teething: 1) he was drooling excessively; 2) one time he didn't want to nurse unless there was Orajel involved; 3) he was pulling on his ears, but his ears didn't hurt him; 4) his chin rash had changed slightly in morphology; 5) he was having extra-special trouble sleeping; and of course 6) he was running a low-grade fever. All signs point to teething. But because of his fever, we had to stay home with Isaac last Wednesday. During the whole day he had none of these problems, and acted like his normal self. Maybe even better because he sat up on his own for the first time.

I dropped him off at daycare on Thursday a happy, healthy boy again. I told his teacher how he was doing, and that we were quite sure he was teething. She promptly tells me that she thinks he may not be -- there is a "fever going around the room" that lasts for a day and a night and then disappears the following day. Exactly what Isaac had. And to further confirm her suggestion, Clayton contracted Isaac's "teething" symptoms on Thursday, spiking a fever of over 102. So unless teething is communicable, the evidence points to Isaac's first real cold. But not to worry -- his bottom-middle gums are bulging out of control. We think it can't possibly be too long before we see some baby pearly-whites. Luckily, these don't seem to bother Isaac in the least. Perhaps after all of our "crying teething" (ala crying wolf, right?), when his teeth actually come it will be peanuts. Let's hope, shall we?