Family Life

Micah has a tooth! He’s a one-toothed wonder, soon to become a two-toothed terror. If you peer at the photo closely enough, you can see his tooth. Click the picture to get a larger size. There’s another tooth right beside it, under the surface, but I don’t think you can tell in this photo.

Micah was sucking on his lip for a couple of days after the tooth broke through the gum, exploring this new sensation. And his habit of affectionately gnawing on available faces (ears, noses, chins, cheeks) suddenly became hazardous to the rest of the family. Even worse, breast feeding is now sometimes a tortuous event, punctuated by yelps and screams, and concluded by a crying, still hungry baby. Maybe he’ll be weaned ahead of schedule.

We rejoice at reaching life’s milestones, but growing up is sometimes painful.

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