Teething is Weird

My son is almost three and is currently getting his last (I hope) molar in, which is such a joy as any parent can tell you. I've been thinking about teething a lot lately because of this and I've decided that teething is kind of weird. Have you ever seen an x-ray of a child'd mouth? They have all these teeth hiding in their jaw or cheek bone just waiting to come out, it is the weirdest thing to look at. Obviously I understand why we don't want newborns to be born with teeth (I nursed my son and I still cringe when I think back to his very first tooth), but the whole process is just weird. We spent almost 3 years pushing sharp teeth out through our flesh only to have them fall out a few years later so another set can get pushed out. And then as a teenager you get extra molars that you apparently didn't need until then? How does that even make sense? Now I got lucky and I had all of my wisdom teeth by time I was 16, but I've known people in their twenties still getting them in.
I was discussing the current case of "owie mouth" with my son while on the way to an activity and he's actually pretty aware of what's going on, which I found curious. I guess he can feel the molar (top right for anyone interested) with his tongue or the finger he's been chewing on non-stop lately. I often wonder just how aware children are of the things that are happening to their body at this early age, or how it feels to grow at such a fast rate. So much happens in such a short amount of time, it really blows my mind. And teeth are weird.

Product Review: Crayola Twistable Crayons

My son is now two and a half and LOVES to do art projects. Color, glue, paint, bead, make stuff with play-doh, the whole nine yards. But since he's two and a half he's not always the most careful with certain items, which is why I have a large box full of broken crayons (which will eventually get melted down into crayon pucks to color with). This Christmas we decided Santa was going to get him a huge collection of various art things and while shopping for crayons I discovered that Crayola makes crayons that come in a plastic container that you twist up like a tub of lipstick. They obviously cost more than a regular box of crayons, but were only about $2.50 for the box we picked up. And honestly I'd pay twice that to not have broken pieces of crayons ground into my carpets.

These are all of the fun and high quality of Crayola brand crayons with none of the breakability, a huge win in my household. And because they're longer than your average crayon they give my son more room to hold onto and fit nicer in the pencil holder built into his craft table. And no more guessing what color it is once the paper comes off (black, blue, green? Nobody knows till you ruin a picture because you grabbed the wrong color) since the plastic tubes are colored to match what color the crayon is. Overall I give these a resounding two thumbs up!