The past weekend’s troubles definitely ended with the arrival of new front teeth. The question is, did one cause the other?

There was a period, during her first months in nursery, when Ingrid had one cold after the other. That seems to have passed, and she hasn’t been ill for a long time. Until this weekend’s symptoms, that is. So I’m quite tempted to see a causal relationship there.

Now, all sorts of Internet sages claim that neither diarrhea nor fever are supposed to be teething symptoms. It’s just a myth. But when both symptoms start just a day or two before the tooth erupts, and then disappear immediately after, I have to say I’m more inclined to believe the myth than the doctors.

A few traditional symptoms, such as fussiness, lack of appetite, difficulty sleeping, were all present. There was also one night waking with half an hour of inconsolable crying. That happened once before, and Eric says that was when the previous two teeth came. (I only remember it happened, not when.) On the other hand some of the symptoms that doctors expect – drooling more than usual, being more inclined to chew on things – were conspicuously absent.

Need more data.