growing pains

Alexis is growing so quickly, each day seems to bring on new changes. But this past month has been so hard because she is teething. Oh the painful things about growing up! Oh she cries and I just don't know what to do, we have been doing tylenol (she likes the grape so much better than the cherry) and some numbing drops which only help sometimes. I feel horrible! How can I help her? I can't stand to see her in pain, it breaks my heart! She only wants to be held and rocked (which I am glad to do) but I have not gotten any housework done. I think this has been my biggest challenge so far of being a mother, the rest is so wonderful, I spent so much time worrying and thinking I was not ready for this, but now as I watch her playing and see her look up at me and smile, or when she calls out "Ma-Ma" it is SSOOOOOOO AWESOME! I am overwhelmed with joy and love, and I wonder what I was so scared of, everything just works out, we deal as it comes, EXCEPT for this whole teething. And she only has 2 in, we have so many more to go. But I imagine we will make it through, it is just to hard!