Hopeful

Since we've taken Love Bug off the Zantac he's been really cranky and has not napped well.  I emailed the doctor from Children's and spoke with her yesterday and she confirmed that his mood could very well be due to GI issues and she suggested we go ahead with the endoscopy.  I'm not excited about the prospect of putting him under, even if it is routine and for just a short time.  So daddy and I started discussing what we thought we should do but before we came to any sort of conclusions out of the corner of my eye I saw what I thought was a molar when I was playing with the little Bug.  So I stuck my finger in his mouth, and sure enough, he has a molar that is most of the way through.  

A molar!?!  

He's got 2 teeth on the bottom and 4 on top, so this molar is totally out of order.  But, I'll take an out of order molar any day over GI issues.  The solution for teething pain is Motrin and it seems to be working.  He slept in this morning until 7 and took a 2.5 hr morning nap and an ok nap this afternoon, and has been is such a good mood all day.  Our guess is that his random fever last week was probably from this pesky tooth and that this is what has been causing him all this discomfort.

We are hopeful that he doesn't actually have any GI issues, reflux or EE, doesn't need any tests, and can just be a normal baby and get regular doses of Motrin for pesky teething pain.  Fingers crossed!