Hey renee ~ Sorry to hear your not having a very good time atm, Maybe it's just a spurt? Scarlet has a few days in a row every now and then when she seems off...grizzly and clingy and then she'll have days where she just sleeps all day or is happy amusing herself and wants me to leave her alone.
I know i'm only as experienced as you but i don't think you should give him rusks... How would he eat a rusk?? lol, That might sound stupid... maybe babies this age can eat rusks? idk lol.

Goodluck with the needles, man it sucks. baby panadol helps before they have them apparently, My GP asked if i had given bub any before hers... never occured to me to do it. Duh.