Last Sunday night, Kate finally received a visit from the “Fairy Tooth-Supplier”! Apparently he has been busy visiting all the babies born after Kate because after almost 16 months of life, she now has a total of only THREE teeth! Generally children her age have an average of 10 teeth by this time. We saw a baby at the store yesterday that was 6 months old and had more teeth than Kate! On the one hand, we have been spared all the teething pain and issues until now (although we thought that she was teething from about 6 months of age, since she was occasionally cranky and constantly drooling!) But we had no idea what we were in for! Although she is not drooling now, the entire top of Kate’s gums are swollen, red and look very painful. This experience has turned Kate into a whiny, crying, grumpy, cranky-pants for the majority of the day! As you can see below, every now and then we get a glimpse of my sweet baby...
She really enjoys brushing her teeth... I hope she still enjoys it when she has a mouth-full!
Despite her lack of teeth, she is a great eater. They say Kate eats more than any other child in her class at school. Yet, she still can wear size 3 to 6 month pants and barely weighs 20 pounds (if we weigh her with all her clothes and diaper on)! I wonder how much she would eat if she had all her teeth?
1 comment:
Hi,
And you said she fusses all the time.
She sure looks happy in all the pictures. Keep having her brush her teeth. The more she does it the better off she will be.
If you put a red nose on her in the bottom picture, she could be a LITTLE MUNCHKIN CLOWN and she could join the circus.
We still LOVE her very much.
Grandma (Linda)
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