Beckett has been teething. Rather sweetly, actually. His first tooth made an appearance on Labor Day with little fanfare. I happened to be brushing his gums, practice for when he would someday have teeth. And all of a sudden it was someday! I looked down at his bottom gum, just to see if I could see a little white somewhere deep in there... and I could see some coming through, instead. He had had a couple of mildly whiny moments that day that I attributed to tiredness. Maybe so, maybe not, but there was a tooth, too. It cut all the way through by the end of that week. Then last week, the corner of a second tooth started showing. It surprised me by being further to the side, instead of the other center tooth. Now, neither of these teeth has gotten all the way in yet, which is perhaps why he started to seem like he was actually teething: having a little trouble sleeping, fussing a bit more, needing more comfort than usual. All the same, I've been pretty pleased by how strong my little boy is in the middle of the teething process.
I also went out pretty soon to buy baby toothpaste. I didn't have any without fluoride, which kids aren't supposed to have until they are old enough to know how not to swallow it.
The bummer part is that though the only baby toothpastes I was able to find were sans fluoride, they did contain parabens. Which I have not yet posted about... But they're not good. I will post about them soon. Maybe when I pick up a good alternative baby toothpaste this week and I can put more before and after pictures.
But this post will just be about little B, my boy who braves 1 and a half teeth with only a little whimpering to welcome them. It's amazing what people are capable of, even when they're just little tiny people still.
