Teething

I hate teething. Kayla was doing great sleeping and all was going well until she started teething about two months ago. It's caused all sorts of problems and she doesn't even have any teeth yet. The biggest problem is that she now sleeps no more than three hours at a time and most nights she will sleep for 1-3 hours and then is up often every hour after that. She also has a lot of gas problems that keep us all up in the middle of the night. I've tried a lot of different things and haven't been able to fix it. I finally asked Dr. Frazier today what I should do.

First of all, he said that teething babies have high acidity levels. They have too high of the wrong kind of acid and that causes a lot of their problems. It makes their drool acidic so Kayla developed a rash where she drooled. It makes their pepe more acidic so they get bad diaper rash, and I didn't realize this but it causes them to have gas because they don't properly digest their food because of the acid level. So the simple solution he gave me is to give her a little probiotic once a day. It is supposed to help get her acidity down and help the gas. We're going to try it starting tonight so hopefully that works.

The other thing we are going to try is the Horary Cycle. Basically I am going to simulate acupressure points on both Kayla and me every two hours until she starts sleeping well again. I'll let you know if it works. I sure hope it does.