orichalcum | All Your Grades Are Done!

Yay! I don't have to do any more grading until 2008! (Unless I get another job, but even then, it's still 6 months.) After two full weeks of grading at least 10 things a day, I so need a break. So this week, the only academic work I'm doing is applying for a job and writing a conference proposal and returning library books and attending a department breakfast. It's vacation, really.

None of which changes the sad fact that Mac is teething, and is currently doing the desperate "I am so tired but my mouth hurts too much for me to sleep but there is nothing else that will comfort me" wailing. The only thing that seemed to help was a maple teething biscuit, but I can't let him eat one by himself, because of fear of choking, and he really needs to nap.

Other projects for this week: Actual Gym Time! A Loehmann's trip! Possibly cleaning up the bedroom (but that's really work, and I would like slightly more Vacation! Taking care of the Dog-and-Baby show while A. is gone on business! A Trader Joe's trip. Maybe, if I'm really good, a massage.

I've already had to deal with both positive and negative grading experiences - the student who was having excessive senioritis and missing class, who pulled through and got a 95 on the final, giving herself a B in the class, and the student who was extremely confused about why he got a D, despite the fact that he had gotten a D on every single assignment and test in the class. But you know what, I'm done. It's summer. No more stupid math.

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Yay for being done! And awwww, poor Mac! Give him extra hugs for me...

And *sigh* about the confused students. I mean really, what did he think he was going to get? Something higher because he tried, or something?

Congrats on making it through, and enjoy the vacation! yay!

A hundred years ago, when I was five and my sister was a teething baby, my mother had gel-filled toys specifically designed to be bitten by a teething baby. She'd keep them in the refrigerator or possibly the freezer, hard to remember, and that seemed to help Molly. No choking hazard, either.

Perhaps they are out of favor for some other hazardous reason, though.

My mother also reminisces about some kind of ointment that she rubbed on her children's gums - OraGel, maybe? It numbs them completely for about 30 seconds, which my mother said was long enough to let an exhausted baby fall asleep.

I remember both of those things from when my brother was a baby. I also remember using them myself when my wisdom teeth came in (they came in straight and fine, so there was no need for extraction, but they did make my gums terribly sore).

We have the gel-filled toys, but when he gets this upset, he doesn't want anything in his mouth, and will turn his head away from them. They still sell OraGel, but there are concerns about it, because babies don't know not to bite through their tongue or lower gums then, so I haven't been using it.

My mom says that I liked apples when I was teething. She'd peel it and give it to me and I'd gum away. Doesn't help at naptime though...

Good luck and enjoy your break!

I've used the Oragel for Sean when he gets that upset. The numbness doesn't really last that long --mostly it lasts long enough to calm him down, and then I can convince him to gnaw on a toy or something. I did try it on myself first--it is a bit disconcerting. Sean mostly stops crying and gets this "Huh?!?!?!?!" look on his face. We're currently cutting tooth #8--no fun!

that's good to know. Calming him down seems to be he hard thing.

Congratulations! That's great news. Now, you deserve some time off. :-D

My trusted lactation consultant says that brushing teeth before bed helps remove bacteria that contribute to teething pain. After brushing, breastmilk and water are fine, but not formula, juice, or snacks.

-MJNH

Good to know, I will try that. His last meal is always breastmilk anyway.

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