First time mum here, and I'm starting to think I'm missing something blindingly obvious, so maybe you guys can suggest if something is wrong, or, if teething really is like this, I obviously have no comparison.
I'll start from when my daughter's mood changed to see if you see a pattern.
My daughter has been showing the signs of teething from about 6 months, and is now 8 months old.
On Wednesday my daughter was very lethargic, falling asleep in the high chair (never happens) and slept through the night (never happens). She had a taster session at nursery with me for an hour, and perked up and had a good time.
I am back at work next week, and this Thursday she had a taster hour at nursery without me, she cried for the duration, inconsolable, even the staff were a little taken aback lol. Anyway, from that moment, she has been gradually becoming more and more off.
After nursery she was very soft and clingly with me, expected, and pretty glary and moody with me, probably because I left her at nursery. She held her arms out to me for the first time ever, and hasn't stopped since.
Last night she screamed for hours, checked her temp and was fine, checked later and had jumped up to 38/39. I put it down to her being worked up and too warm in a 2.5 tog grobag (which she usually wears because she is a cold baby, but the crying heated her right up)
A couple of hours later temp was fine but still pretty much screaming unless she was sleeping. She woke up through the night but no more than usual.
Today she has been pretty unbearable, worst day we've ever had since she was born. She has cried all day, If I look at her, she cries, If I talk, her bottom lip goes, and she cries, if I put her down she cries and grabs hold of me, but if I pick her up, she cries. If I say shhhhhhh she completely loses it. Even tried her with the Twirly Woos, which send her into a giggling mess. She just smacked the laptop a few times and screamed.
changing her nappy was a massive fight every time, kicking, screaming, fighting it.
Crying until she's gagging
Screaming very high pitched in the high chair after every spoon of feeding
Throughout the day she's been very extreme in her chewing, holding her mouth, and her face, stuffing her fist in her mouth and crying... which would lead me to think it is teething... is teething really this chaotic.
This morning she refused breakfast but had milk. Had two spoons of dinner but still had milk and water, had 3 spoons of tea, still had her night feed and has just fallen asleep. Oh and she's snoring... never snores... nose isn't blocked.
I literally could do nothing for her today, so I can't imagine how monday will be at nursery :(
Am I missing something blindingly obvious here? (she has no rashes or anything, she hasn't vomitted, which is actually odd because she has reflux)