First tooth
I barely noticed Eric’s first pair of teeth. He wasn’t behaving any differently; the only unusual thing was pink spots on his cheeks. Just before he turned 6 months, one day I was feeding him, when he...
View ArticleThe joys of teething
We just had a weekend from hell. It was a getaway I was looking forward to for a month and Eric made it as unpleasant as it was humanly possible. He was cranky for 3 days in a row, it took me an hour...
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What everyone should know about the order of baby teeth
Did you know that baby teeth have an order of appearance? I sure didn’t, until I found this picture here explaining how and when babies get teeth: First of all the teeth appear in pairs. Pair numbered...
View ArticleWhy chewing is important for babies
I had no idea that baby could chew; I thought that all the baby foods should be pureed, runny and soft to be easily swallowed. It turns out that babies don’t need teeth to chew – they are using their...
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My miserable failure at brushing my toddler’s teeth
Everything was going well – at the age of 11 months we started to get Eric to brush his teeth; we bought him a soft little brush and he liked to hold it in his mouth and chew it. Eric was copying mommy...
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