[Mama]

<p>The Bear has teeth! <br />
No, duh, you say. All bears have teeth. So true. But for those of you who are new here, "The Bear" is our baby. He's now eight months old, and among other milestones (sitting up, clapping his hands and pushing himself backwards to slide on the floor) he now has two little buds poking out of his bottom gum. Very cute. But man, they hurt! He clamped down nice and hard today. I let out an involuntary yelp and pulled my boob out of his mouth. I don't think he saw the memo yet about not biting the boob that feeds you. </p>

<p>Another side benefit of these two new teeth is a little extra crankiness. Of course, it seems to be rearing its head in the middle of the night. Someone recommended we rub Whiskey on his gums. We tried a little <a href=" http://landingpage2.johnniewalker.com/GatewayNorthAmerica.htm?Lang=en-us&BrandId=JW&RefUrl=http%3a%2f%2fw ww.johnniewalker.com%2fHomepage.htm ">Johnnie Walker </a>a couple of times, and it worked! But I'm afraid to keep doing that in the middle of the night, for fear of creating a new dependency in addition to his 3:00 a.m. nursing addiction. The pediatrician recommended giving him a little Tylenol or letting him suck on something cold. </p>

<p>Has your babe ever nipped your nip? If so, how did you react? Did it happen multiple times? How did you get the kiddo to cut it out? And how do you handle teething? Inquiring minds want to know.</p>

<p>By the way, for those of us with a few more teeth, we celebrated The Bear's eight month milestone with cupcakes of course! </p>

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