Not a Cold!

For about a week now, Josie has had a runny nose. Yuck, I know. She loves seeing her cousin however they will not let her get close to her in fear of Josie passing on what we thought was a cold. Well, Josie doesn't have a cold! She is teething! There is no fear of passing on that.

We thought Josie had just a cold, since I myself have one already. You know I work in a petri dish for germs, so we just thought that since I came down with a cold that I passed it on to her. You know since we give each other lots of kisses, share drinks, etc. She has been chewing on her pacifier and always has her hands in her mouth. So, at first I thought she might be teething, but nothing. That was until today. Tonight, when Josie was brushing her teeth before bed she went "gross Mommy" as she pulled a bloody toothbrush out of her mouth. I investigated and noticed that she has not one, but 2 new teeth coming through. They were just breaking the skin and causing her gums to bleed. Poor girl. Oh course, Mommy being the doctor that she is gave her some meds to make it all better. I have been checking her mouth daily since she is always chewing on her fingers or pacifier and her nose has been running, but nothing. Tonight, they finally broke the skin. These teeth are her second molars on the bottom. This makes Josie have a total of 18 teeth. If you have young children, you know the symptoms of teething include the nasty runny nose, sometimes a fever (which Josie doesn't have and has never had with teething), chewing on everything, and nasty pants.

I am just so happy that it is just teething and not this cold thing like I have.