Thursday, September 18, 2008

Do I See A Tooth!

Do I ever! Mr. C is cutting teeth! He has a tooth coming in on the bottom. I just noticed it yesterday when he had his mouth open ready to chew on the strap from his diaper bag. There was a little red spot on his gums. I rubbed my finger across his gums and felt a tooth coming through. My little boy is growing up. To be honest, I can do without the teeth. I'm just not looking forward to being bitten. He's still nursing so I'm dreading the thought of teeth clenching down on me. I was talking to a woman at my church and she told me she was told to pluck her child when he bit down so he'd know not to do again. Now I don't know about you but I don't think it's a little brutal if you ask me. I guess I'll just have to cross that bridge when I come to it. Although when he's old enough to understand I don't think I'll have a problem plucking. Then again how can you pluck someone with a face like this!



4 comments:

Lindsey said...

I'm sure that angelic little face would never bite his mommy... ;)

Thien-Kim aka Kim said...

Don't worry about the teeth. If he decides to bite, just pull him off and tell him No! If you do that enough, he'll know he won't get any mommy juice!

Brenna said...

someone told me that if you pull the baby closer to you, they can't bite you as easily...when they start to move off the nipple is when they'll have the best chance to chomp down.

melaniet42 said...

Jilly went through a brief phase of biting me when she first got teeth. I found she did it mostly when she'd be about done eating or getting bored at the boob. Her "little" bites elicited a gasp of pain from me. Apparently that sound scared her and she cried every time I made it. She got over it. Thank goodness, because we're now working on the 2nd top tooth!