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.
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