Goodbye, toothless grin! Max's first official tooth is currently in the process of rearing its tiny pointed head. I heard something go "clink!" against his sippy cup yesterday during lunch, and when I peeked in there, I could see (sort of) and feel (most definitely) a sharp ridge on his lower gum. I must say, I am a bit relieved. Even though I know that babies do things in their own time, and that there are wide ranges of 'normal' development, part of me
was beginning to wonder if I had birthed the only baby in the universe who was missing the tooth-growing gene. Thank goodness I can put that fear to rest . . . now, what can I find to obsess about next?
Multiple attempts to photograph the newborn tooth were largely unsuccessful. Max resisted (understandably) having his mouth held open and photographed, and the tooth is difficult to see even in person. If you look inside the circle in this picture, zoom in, squint, and use your imagination a little, you can sort of experience the dental wonder.
Max is not exactly rejoicing over this new milestone. He has been slightly crabbier than usual for a couple of days now. He has also been waking up three times (or more) during the nights, demanding at least twenty minutes of breastfeeding and spiritual comfort each time. Most of all, he is drooling like a mad weasel. In this picture, you can really see what this tooth has cost him. There is a glistening ring of drool clearly visible around the neck of his shirt, he is glassy-eyed and apathetic, and even his tuft of hair is not standing up with its usual aplomb. The plus side, which I keep trying to emphasize to him, is that being coated in drool will probably give him a slight edge in surviving the heat. He is not looking on the bright side yet, but he will.
Goodbye, toothless grin! Max's first official tooth is currently in the process of rearing its tiny pointed head. I heard something go "clink!" against his sippy cup yesterday during lunch, and when I peeked in there, I could see (sort of) and feel (most definitely) a sharp ridge on his lower gum. I must say, I am a bit relieved. Even though I know that babies do things in their own time, and that there are wide ranges of 'normal' development, part of me was beginning to wonder if I had birthed the only baby in the universe who was missing the tooth-growing gene. Thank goodness I can put that fear to rest . . . now, what can I find to obsess about next?
Multiple attempts to photograph the newborn tooth were largely unsuccessful. Max resisted (understandably) having his mouth held open and photographed, and the tooth is difficult to see even in person. If you look inside the circle in this picture, zoom in, squint, and use your imagination a little, you can sort of experience the dental wonder.
Max is not exactly rejoicing over this new milestone. He has been slightly crabbier than usual for a couple of days now. He has also been waking up three times (or more) during the nights, demanding at least twenty minutes of breastfeeding and spiritual comfort each time. Most of all, he is drooling like a mad weasel. In this picture, you can really see what this tooth has cost him. There is a glistening ring of drool clearly visible around the neck of his shirt, he is glassy-eyed and apathetic, and even his tuft of hair is not standing up with its usual aplomb. The plus side, which I keep trying to emphasize to him, is that being coated in drool will probably give him a slight edge in surviving the heat. He is not looking on the bright side yet, but he will.
3 comments:
slamming yourself in the head with a waterbottle will get a pretty big laugh
Max is a slapstick fan... anything that brings fake pain to others is hilarious.
We had the opposite problem. Genna grew so many teeth, and so early, that we feared that she had a shark-tooth growing gene, and that she would end up with successive rows of teeth.
yeah, but she has so much hair that you can barely even see her top fin now, and i hear that feeding your sharky baby raw seal meat is surprisingly cost-efficient. You are always looking at the negative, Justin.
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