That would explain it
For the last week or so, Emily has been, to put it mildly, a total cranky-butt. She was whiny and clingy, drooling like a dog and constantly had her fingers in her mouth. Not the best hygiene, but what can you do with an 18-month-old who won't stop screaming if she takes her fingers out of her mouth? At least it kept her quiet for a few minutes.
Trying to look in her mouth was like trying to pry open a clamshell. She would clamp down and shake her head from side to side while trying to slide out of my grasp and run away. It was really fun for everyone involved.
Seeing as she only has four teeth -- two top front, two bottom front -- I figured I would see little white shark teeth any day. Except that never happened. It was decidedly annoying.
Finally this weekend I sat on her legs and pinned her arms down (I kid! I actually tickled her! Nothing to see here child social workers, go away) and somehow got my fingers into her mouth and past her front line of defense. To my surprise, I felt one of those sharp little bastards in the BACK of her mouth. What the hell? Aren't toddlers supposed to get teeth starting in the front and move their way back toward the molars? I felt around to the other side of her mouth and was greeted by two more pointy friends, one on the top and one on the bottom,again towards the back.
As she bit down on my finger and ground my poor digit to a pulp, I laughed and asked her why she didn't just tell us she was getting three teeth. Jack was really confused and said, "Mommy, she can't even talk yet. She could not tell us any-fwing!"
Thank you, Jack. Clearly I need to teach him the finer points of sarcasm in conversational English. If he's going to survive in this family, he's going to need to get up to speed quickly.
That makes a grand total of seven teeth for Emmie and she hadn't gotten any for the last four months. At this rate, she's going to be losing baby teeth before she gets them all in her mouth.
Trying to look in her mouth was like trying to pry open a clamshell. She would clamp down and shake her head from side to side while trying to slide out of my grasp and run away. It was really fun for everyone involved.
Seeing as she only has four teeth -- two top front, two bottom front -- I figured I would see little white shark teeth any day. Except that never happened. It was decidedly annoying.
Finally this weekend I sat on her legs and pinned her arms down (I kid! I actually tickled her! Nothing to see here child social workers, go away) and somehow got my fingers into her mouth and past her front line of defense. To my surprise, I felt one of those sharp little bastards in the BACK of her mouth. What the hell? Aren't toddlers supposed to get teeth starting in the front and move their way back toward the molars? I felt around to the other side of her mouth and was greeted by two more pointy friends, one on the top and one on the bottom,again towards the back.
As she bit down on my finger and ground my poor digit to a pulp, I laughed and asked her why she didn't just tell us she was getting three teeth. Jack was really confused and said, "Mommy, she can't even talk yet. She could not tell us any-fwing!"
Thank you, Jack. Clearly I need to teach him the finer points of sarcasm in conversational English. If he's going to survive in this family, he's going to need to get up to speed quickly.
That makes a grand total of seven teeth for Emmie and she hadn't gotten any for the last four months. At this rate, she's going to be losing baby teeth before she gets them all in her mouth.
posted by Amy at
9:02 PM
4 Comments:
Poor thing! That's no fun.
exactly like my son! he had his four front teeth, then slowly got his molars one at a time. he is just now getting the two bottom incisors, with the top ones nowhere in sight. And he is about to turn two. So weird. At least you know the problem now - even though it doesn't necessrily make the whining stop, it seems like once you know what's causing it it is easier to tolerate!
My little 4-toothed, 18 month old daughter has exactly the same thing happening! I managed to stick my finger in her mouth yesterday and she's got two molars popping through on the bottom!
Gotta love being able to explain the cranky-butt!
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A delightful read - thanks for your perspective! here is a mommy and daddy to be that realy knew what it meant to S T R E T C H !!!
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