Siena is a late bloomer when it comes to the situation in her mouth. She got her first tooth at 9 months! Now, she's finally broken a a fine pair of pearly lower molars, but we're still waiting for the top molars to reveal themselves.
This bit of tardy behavior on the part of her teeth was frustrating when she was younger because as the other kids got to snack on apples and pretzels, she was stuck with Rice Krispies. I felt bad when I had to take their offerings away from her; every once in a while I would let her suck on a whole, peeled apple just to redeem myself, knowing full-well that most of that perfectly delicious apple would eventually be found in the dirt or covered with lint and boogers. Since then, she's gotten better as more teeth have popped through her gums. It's just a matter of time before she's able to actually chew raisins without swallowing them whole. Progress.
4 comments:
The late teeth are from your side of the family. I don't think any of your siblings or you got any teeth at all until 10 or 11 months old.
Skye got her teeth late as well. She didn't get her first tooth until two weeks before her first birthday, and she will be three in May and still doesn't have her top molars. But you should know that getting teeth late is actually okay, it helps them stay healthier or that is what everyone tells me :)
OH it must run in the family. Nevaeh hasn't gotten one single tooth and she's 11 months! I'm wondering if we're gonna have to get her some dentures?! I don't know how she does it but she ends up chewing up pretty much anything. or maybe she's swallowing it whole? I hope she gets them soon!
Isaac got his first tooth at 16 months. I even took him to the docotor because I worried he might not have teeth!
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