2nd molars 😮‍💨

My 2 and a half year old must be getting his 2nd molars and wow I was not prepared for it. Usually when teething he's a bit irritable and off his food for a couple days and then we are done.

But this is something else. He's been off his food a couple weeks no, everything is "no". Bedtime is a mess, he screams when I leave the room shouting "mama" over and over. Then he settles but won't go to sleep, he just stays up for hoursssss. Last night he finally went off, then woke an hour later and cried for the next 3, wouldn't lay down, clinging on to me. Same at nursery drop off, usually he can't wait to go see his friends and eat breakfast. This week he's clung to me and screamed when I've left. After 10 minutes they say he's fine, but still a bit off colour not his usual bubbly self. Everything is a fight, everything is emotional.

How long do these things take to come in?? I feel so bad for my baby, he is just not himself right now at all.