The first night was a long one. She was up around 10:30, at which point I just brought an aerobed in thinking that would make her less fussy, but nothing seemed to help. She was up several times and at 3:30 was bouncing in her crib asking to go downstairs. We were able to keep her in her crib until around 6, but there was a lot of awake time throughout the night.
Yesterday was OK, but a very long day. It is hard to know what is causing her to be irritable and tired, but it is some combination of the anesthesia, discomfort of her new teeth (and inflammation of the gums), and the cold she still has. Jim stayed home yesterday, which was a big help. We gave her more pain medication last night, which seemed to help a bit. She woke up a couple of times, but only for a few minutes.
She finally got a look at her teeth today and said that she likes her "shiny" teeth :). Hopefully by the time it gets to be an issue with her peers she will be comfortabe enough to handle it. We have told her to tell people they are her "princess teeth" when they ask... hopefully this will be sufficient for now.
She is still whining a lot, but seems much better today. She said it feels better to eat, but complained that her teeth hurt when trying to eat a pear from the fridge - it will take us a while to figure out what works and what doesn't with a mouth full of new teeth.
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