That's right! Emmett's got two teeth now! I didn't even notice the second one til today! Good job me, right? Emmett and I had just gotten back from Walmart when my neighbor and her baby came over to talk while I unloaded the groceries. Emmett was smiling at her, and she said something about how she could see his teeth. Plural. So I looked and, sho 'nough, she wasn't crazy! I was going to put a picture up, but every one I took is a little grotesque. Close ups of drool are never appreciated.
Exciting though, huh? Now I've got to get better at brushing his new teeth. Main problem: he usually falls asleep right after his last bottle. It's like magic. Gonna be hard to give that one up. When we mess up the routine somehow, we usually play the game of:
1. Pat him awhile and sing him a song or two
2. Lay him down, say good night, and go
3. 2.7 seconds later he's standing up, spitting and singing and talking to himself (after he's dropped his bink over the side)
4. In about five minutes, when he's binkless, tired of standing, and can't get himself down, he starts hollerin.
5. Go in, get him put back together and settled down, and say good night again.
6. Repeat about twenty times.
Maybe not twenty. Maybe just three or four before he's too exhausted to keep playing the game.
But Emmett (like his mama) kinda loves brushing his teeth. He laughs and chomps down on the thing and laughs some more. (Not that I get quite the same kick from cleaning my pearly whites... but imagining that I did is a pretty good mental image) I think it tickles his gums. I can actually remember when my mom would brush my teeth when I was a wee one, and it tickled like crazy. Always in the top of my mouth.
And here's compensation for no teeth pictures yet:
He was tired and in no mood for pictures, but some of them turned out alright :)
Have a great day!
ps. Someone's chickens got out today! Walking home from Smith's I saw a Rhode Island Red and a white Leghorn (I think) plus another that I didn't get a good look at foraging around in somebody's bushes. I want chickens so bad!! Did you know that we had chickens when I was younger? Well, we did. And I loved it.
Exciting though, huh? Now I've got to get better at brushing his new teeth. Main problem: he usually falls asleep right after his last bottle. It's like magic. Gonna be hard to give that one up. When we mess up the routine somehow, we usually play the game of:
1. Pat him awhile and sing him a song or two
2. Lay him down, say good night, and go
3. 2.7 seconds later he's standing up, spitting and singing and talking to himself (after he's dropped his bink over the side)
4. In about five minutes, when he's binkless, tired of standing, and can't get himself down, he starts hollerin.
5. Go in, get him put back together and settled down, and say good night again.
6. Repeat about twenty times.
Maybe not twenty. Maybe just three or four before he's too exhausted to keep playing the game.
But Emmett (like his mama) kinda loves brushing his teeth. He laughs and chomps down on the thing and laughs some more. (Not that I get quite the same kick from cleaning my pearly whites... but imagining that I did is a pretty good mental image) I think it tickles his gums. I can actually remember when my mom would brush my teeth when I was a wee one, and it tickled like crazy. Always in the top of my mouth.
And here's compensation for no teeth pictures yet:
He was tired and in no mood for pictures, but some of them turned out alright :)
Have a great day!
ps. Someone's chickens got out today! Walking home from Smith's I saw a Rhode Island Red and a white Leghorn (I think) plus another that I didn't get a good look at foraging around in somebody's bushes. I want chickens so bad!! Did you know that we had chickens when I was younger? Well, we did. And I loved it.
do your friends feel sad because there can only be one cutest baby in the whole world (and he's yours)? -Mom
ReplyDeleteWho wouldn't? But I try to be nice and not rub it in ;)
ReplyDeleteHa, he is the cutest. And I had chickens growing up, too! We're so in the cool kids club.
ReplyDeleteThanks :) That's awesome! Aren't they so much fun? One day...
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