I have to warn my readers that this blog is a little soppy, I want to write everything down while it is all fresh in my mind – How I am feeling, my emotions, its a personal blog entry today but I don’t mind sharing it with my readers as someone may be able to relate to how I am feeling, and my words could possibly provide some comfort and thought.

6:45am Thomas woke with his usual babble I could hear over the monitor, I waited a few moments trying to wake myself up hoping he would settle back down, but he didn’t so I got out of bed and went to his room to see him, via the bathroom to splash my eyes with some cold water He gave me a huge beaming smile between the bars of his cot, a smile big enough to put any mum in a good mood. We went downstairs where I proceeded to do the usual morning routing – Changed nappy, baby TV to keep him amused on his mat while I prepared his bottle and Ready Brek. After his morning feed I turn the TV off and sit Thomas on his play mat with cushions behind him in case he wobbles. I sit with him and play with him for a while, I then make myself a drink and leave him to play by himself with me sat on the couch watching.

This morning I decided to go a little crazy like you do to get a smile from your baby! Thomas has started to bob his head to music, he is so funny! I put some music on my laptop and had a boogie with him, he loved it. By this time it was getting near 9am he usually goes down for a morning nap at 9am, so to calm the mood I played our favourite sleepy song – Somewhere Over The Rainbow. I sang and cuddled him on my knee, before I knew it I found myself crying! Not with sadness but with love. I was overwhelmed with emotion as I looked down on him, the amount of love I have for him, How I would do anything for him! How Nathan and I have created such a beautiful baby I was full of emotion. Trying not to let him see me cry I wiped my eyes when the song had finished and carried him back to bed for his nap. He was tired out after a morning of fun and song, it wasn’t long before he fell asleep.

I keep thinking about why my emotions were so high this morning, we have listened to that song numerous times before without provoking such feelings. I am due to go back to work part time next month, Thomas is spending a couple of days a week with his Grandma which I know he will love. But I’m not sure if I am ready, its a huge step which has been playing on my mind now for some time now I love him so much. I am sure I will have many more moments of emotion over the coming months.

It is a hard thing to do, go back to work after having a baby – What are your thoughts on this topic? I would love to hear your thoughts, are you going through the same thing?

I am writing this blog as I am experiencing the terror of teething with Thomas, he is now almost 7 months and just starting to become uncomfortable with his gums through teething. He has had the usual symptoms of teething for a couple of months now: fingers in mouth, excess saliva, wanting to suck hard on anything that goes anywhere near his mouth! (Including my arm at bathtime). Although last night his teething seemed to get much worse! He screamed with tears of pain as he placed his fingers in his mouth! I felt so helpless it reminded me of his colic days, something I seriously don’t want to return to. I gave him the old favourite Calpol – Which is an infant paracetamol, it seemed to calm him slightly so I put him to bed for the night.

After 4 hours of soundless sleeping he began to get a little restless in his cot, tossing and turning making noises around that time I was ready for bed myself – I like to enjoy a few hours to myself when Thomas goes to bed, just to chill out and collect my thoughts from the day. As I climbed into bed, my head hit the pillow and….Aaaaarrrggghhh Thomas started to cry out, I went into his bedroom and gently rubbed his head and put his dummy back in. I quietly crept back out of his room, pressing play on his cd player on my way out to begin playing his bedtime lullaby music. As soon as I was on the landing he cried out again! The next few hours were spent with me rocking him, soothing him winding him…You get the gist!

It got to 3am Thomas was still very unsettled so I reluctantly wrapped him up warm, put him in his car seat and took him out for a drive. I didn’t want to have to do it but it was my last option, and sure enough he fell asleep – There is something to be said about a car journey sending a baby to sleep. 4am I get back in the house, carry Thomas upstairs in his car seat and place him at the side of me as I crawl into bed. I just knew if I had taken him out of the car seat he would have woken, he was so comfy and asleep! Just 4 hours later he was awake wanting his breakfast, I was a zombie – All I can say is thank you to Nathan for convincing me we needed a coffee perculator fresh ground coffee beans did the trick I was myself again in a matter of minutes!

I just wanted to point out a few other teething remedies I have used incase your reading this blog with a baby who is going through teething! I know how hard to know what to buy there are so many teething pain relief remedies out there. I’ve already mentioned Calpol which is an infant paracetamol I have used a herbal teething granual which is a small pouch with a white powder inside, you put the powder in the baby’s mouth and it helps to relieve the pain from teething – As its herbal it doesn’t contain any medicine unlike Calpol. I have also tried Infacol which is very similar to teething gels, although Infacol is a liquid you rub over the baby’s gums which knumb the pain – Teething gels can come off the gums but a liquid is more inclined to stay on the gum. I have used all these methods up to now, they all appear to work for the moment but then wear off. I have also tried frozen teething rings, Bickiepegs, carrots, hard metal objects such as spoons…Anything really that Thomas can have a good chomp on to help those little peggies come through! No signs of any teeth yet, I will keep you all posted.

Please tell me your teething experiences, I would love to read about what teething pain relief methods you have tried – What works and what doesn’t.