Bottoms Up!

Yesterday, Dane finally got control of a skill he's been working on for a while: holding his own bottle! We still need to help him get it in the correct orientation, but once he's got it, he'll drink away for as long as we'll let him. He's been having some major difficulty with eating because of teething (we think), so it's good he's interested in drinking water to help prevent dehydration. Mark and I have been struggling to handle this stage as well, as Mark's been on a very busy and stressful 2-month rotation, surgery. He's been on call about every third night, which is hard on us all, as I don't have any help with Dane, whose sleep has also been negatively affected by the teething, and Mark feels like he's missing out on a lot with the little guy. Mark's also been on call for the last 4 Sundays, which makes our church attendance suck. We miss people. Mark misses the sun. Anyone have any good advice for teething other than lots and lots of Tylenol? He'd just gotten to a point where his eating and sleeping were consistent and then, BAM, teething...but, despite it all, we're still so in love with our little bear and love seeing him grow and change right before our eyes!