I can't decide if this is our hardest or second hardest teething phase. Last Oct/Nov, Nate cut 6 teeth in 22 days. He wouldn't take a bottle for several days. It was a brutal 3 weeks, but I have to admit it was nice to get all of those teeth over with in one go!
These are the 2 year molars - the last teeth he'll get as a baby. Nate's been refusing to eat even his favorite foods for the past few days. For maybe 10 days or so he's been bursting into tears in the middle of meals. I calm him down and give him a cup of milk, and he gnaws on the spout like his life depends on it. Lunch is the hardest. He didn't eat lunch the past 2 days. Instead, he threw a fit when we offered him food and didn't stop crying until he exhausted himself and fell asleep for naptime.
Today is better. We've had no crying fits and no pain meds so far, but he's still not quite back to his usual self. He did eat lunch! Sort of. If you can count 5 bites of cheese as lunch. He went down for nap without throwing a fit, too. I'm hopeful! I think we're almost there.
Re: light at the end of the teething tunnel
Exactly.