Teething Madness

So James is starting to get his first tooth! It's his front bottom tooth on his right side. However, he has been the most miserable soul I have seen in a long time. He is such a phenomenal baby . . . easy to please, easy to take along on errands, good napper, good eater, an overall happy baby . . . . but all of that has gone down the drain in the past few days. He wont take naps for any longer than 45 minutes to an hour, and he usually takes about an hour and a half to two hour naps. He is eating fairly well, but most times he will whine consistently while he's eating, and sometimes towards the end he will even start flat out crying. Within the past day or so, he's started to develop cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose and a 101 degree fever, which has done nothing to help the situation. And the worst part is that when I'm not feeding him or he's sleeping, he's crying and screaming uncontrollably. Help!!! Chuckie's baby has taken over my son's body!!!
I'm doing what I can for him like giving him Tylenol, putting baby Anbesol on his gums, giving him cold or frozen fruits in his little Munchkin Fresh Food Feeder (which is a gift from God), giving him extra love and kissess, but he's a crying machine. Any moms out there have any suggestions? Something else I'm forgetting or not doing? You could also pray for me, because I do ok most of the time, but usually around the evening I want to jab a fork in my eye with how frustrated and worn out I get. I need extra extra patience. Not only for James' sake but Elliot's as well, since lately I have been having a tendency to vent all of my frustration out on him. Pray for my mom too, because Elliot and I are going to a marriage conference this weekend and she has so graciously offered to watch James for us. I am scared to death that he's going to be very difficult for her. We're probably going to have to buy her a huge thank you present when we get back. Most of all, just pray for James that he will feel better and that when he is not, that he will feel loved and safe as he struggles through this big time in his life!