Teething, teething, teething

So, Collin has been teething for almost 2 weeks now - not the whole time you, we did get a few days' respite, but now the pain in coming in full force for the little guy. And he is a chomper - ouch, ouch, ouch!!! And he loves to chew/drool all over fingers and arms that he can reach - although not his own.

It sounds so painful!

Wiping up blood-stained drool only makes me feel more sympathetic to the teething cause.

I also have an Organic Chill-It teether ring for him to use, which he is starting to like/appreciate, especially now that he's got the whole

"Oooh...something's in my hand??

MUST put it in my mouth immediately!"

I bought him some instant dissolve teething tablets, and generally they seem to be a great help (especially when the pain is keeping him from napping), but I'm guessing we've reached a whole new pain threshold today: he is so tired and will not go to sleep because of the pain. So Ryan is bouncing him in his bedroom, thus far to no avail.

Teething tablets...they scare me, and yet I use them. I understand using chamomile (relaxing and soothing) and I understand the logic behind putting belladona in the tablets as well. It's the notion that while I was still working (I'm a chemist) in the labs, I was not allowed to enter the lab area when others were using belladona. Granted that was in its pure form, and obviously greater quantities than you would give to a 3 month old, but still. It makes me uneasy. But they ARE a Godsend. They dull the pain just enough so he can nurse off the rest of the pain, get the nice hormone-induced sleep effects that come from mommy's milky, and take a quick snooze.

Tonight is sure to be very interesting...

I pray it won't be too bad.

Not only for his benefit, but for mine as well. The past couple of nights have also been long/hard/restless, and top that off with a sick husband, so I'm on this mission all by my lonesome.

I like to pretend this means Collin is excited to start on his "solid" foods when he hits 6 months in October. Nothing like dry rice cereal, or oatmeal, flakes mixed into breastmilk that does a body good...

In other news, I made zucchini brownies today. Sounds weird, huh? But they are SO delicious! And much healthier - less oil, less sugar, no eggs - than regular brownies. Think of all the vitamins jam-packed into a (big, okay, ginormous) bite. Add in a glass of milk, and you've got me drooling...just like Collin.

My other domestic adventure of the day: making my own dill pickles. We've had cucumbers coming out of our ears left and right, and for the most part going bad because I just don't know what to do with them anymore - asides from dipping them into hummus, eating as a snack, on top of salads. So here's to domestic adventures...