Or bottom teeth. I'm so desperate, I'm not even particular on which. After 4 months of "teething", I'm convinced my poor son is doomed to a lifetime of gumming cheerios and chex, and will be the only Kindergartener with dentures. By 2nd grade he will be tying string and a toaster around his expensive set of child-size fakes from the top of the banister, in a desperate attempt to get a visit from the Tooth Fairy himself- just like the other proud young owners of an authentic pair of dentes. The only plus I can see of this scenario is that he'll never have to be knocked out and have his wisdom teeth wrestled from the deep confines of his jaw. Not much of a consolation in my opinion.
At first I was terrified that Chase would choke on anything I put into his mouth. Like any paranoid first-time mom I broke his cheerios in half and made a thorough inspection of his mouth after every one "Did you really eat the whole HALF OF A CHEERIO, or are you hiding it in your cheek so you can give your crazy mother a heart attack when I realize you actually have a WHOLE cheerio in your mouth!" ?
Though I'm still afraid of Chase choking and I intently stare at him as he eats (as he thinks "Gosh lady, do you have to glare right in my face while I eat?"), I have realized that Chase is more innovative than I give him credit for. He's so enthralled with food, any type of food, that he will find a way to eat anything he can get his hands on. He's grabbed a pear-half from our dinner table and proceeded to show me that you don't ACTUALLY need teeth to eat "real food". He also grabbed half a bun and ate the entire thing, slowly and carefully as I held my breath. It's like this sweet little baby I had only a few months ago, was replaced by this KID. This unbelievable toddler, who just doesn't have teeth yet. It's as if he says "Mom? Seriously... stop freaking out. I'm not a baby anymore!" But he is.
I realized that tim and I had passed the "paranoid parents of a new baby phase" the other day when we were on our way to a family reunion in Salt Lake. We had forgotten Chase's binky and he was more than vocal about it. We stopped at the grocery store to grab one, and as I got distracted by the peach-mango flavored rice puffs, I got a call from tim. It went something like this: "Hey, I just found a binky in the back seat of the car and I put it in his mouth. So he's fine now." Horrified, I thought, "Where has that binky BEEN!? And then in barely a thought, I dismissed it, and figured "Oh well, it will be good for his immune system I guess".
The same thoughts ran through my head as the dog licked his face last week.
Where has this new parent phase gone?
These days Chase no longer looks like an out-0f-place baby in the nursery on Sunday. As I do singing time, he sits intently on his carpet, just like the 2 and 3 year olds. He simply looks a little under-sized.
And I feel like life is flashing before my eyes.
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I can't believe how big is already, either!
Mandy reached three months the other day, and even that seems crazy to me. She is growing so big.
I was going to say that you should be rather relieved that he has no teeth yet, but then I'm pretty sure he's not nursing? Mandy drools so much people keep commenting, Oh, She looks like she's teething! It doesn't help that she is larger than the normal three month old. :) Don't worry, he'll get teeth soon enough!!
P.S. I think you have the cutest writing voice.
haha, no he's still nursing, he would just much rather eat solids, and he gets his way more often than I would like. Everyone thinks Chase is like 9 or 10 months old. He's larger than average too... :)
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