Refusing milk

Samuel begins teething now and he had been refusing milk for the past 1 week, maybe due to teething pain and gum swelling. Normally he would ask for milk every 4 or 5 hours, but for the past 1 week, he didn't even want a drop of milk, the longest time interval was more than 12 hours. But he still had solid food and he seems like prefer solid food than milk. Anyway, babies still need milk even they started to take solid food. So I sent sms to Samuel's pediatrician, Dr. Alex to ask for his advice. Dr. Alex asked me to give him more solid food, and only fed him milk when he was sleeping. This worked for 2 days, but the 3rd day, the trick didn't work anymore. So I went to the pharmacy to look for "something" or "anything" that could help me and Samuel. The pharmacist said Bonjela can help to ease the teething pain, by rubbing a bit of Bonjela onto the swelling gum and gently massage the gum. I was so happy to see Samuel started to have milk normally yesterday. I think his gum is better now and Bonjela does really help! I didn't know that Bonjela can be used on infant. I thought only used by adults to treat ulcer. As I read about the information on the tube, it helps teething pain too, but only can be used on babied more than 4 months old.

I pray that Samuel will go through the teething stage more smoothly... he only has 2 teeth now (not fully come out yet), still a long way to go...

* useful links on baby teething:

http://www.thenewparentsguide.com/baby-teething.htm
http://bettersmarterkids.com/baby-teething/2007/01/18/