9 months old. 8 teeth. At least 2 more on the way currently. You may or may not know this, but that's a lot of lethal power for a baby of this age to be wielding. I've been told to brush her teeth. Hah. I can stick a tooth brush in her mouth if I get my timing just right, but it just ends up being a few seconds of her freakishly strong jaws clamping down on the handle whilst giving me the side eye before I retreat. Brush a 9 month's teeth, indeed. I find I have to warn mothers that my angelic baby could amputate the digits of their curious children. Not out of malice. Just in the name of science. But the scars are the same. This condition has allowed her to enjoy her food more than many of her peers; recently she sampled some avocado sushi, piercing through the seaweed like a hot knife through butter. At least I know no one will be stealing her maraca in Gymboree.
Eight teeth. Wow! I would say how lucky Billy and Sugar are but that has nothing to do with Edie's eight teeth and I don't really know why those thoughts came my way.
ReplyDeleteHaving just been bit by my first baby the other week (long story) I can attest to the fact that they bite HARD. Really amazing how much strength those little jaws pack!
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me that I was bit by a much older family member and I reveal this in my memoir. I still like her though.
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