Teething is hard. Period. From the not-knowing when it'll happen, to a baby who can't tell you where it hurts, to the broken sleep and the 5-month-old who never wants to be put down. Here's the honest truth no one warns you about, and how we're getting through it.

Two weeks into starting solids and I have THOUGHTS. The pouch guilt, the gagging panic, the poo that could clear a room, and the feral little dinner noises I'd bottle if I could. Here's the honest, messy, beautiful truth no one warns you about.