lesliepear | A milestone

When Alan was 9 months old, he fell out of a high chair at his sitters (the tray somehow came off). It was an accident, but he ended up falling in such a way that his 4 bottom baby teeth (including 2 not out yet) fractured and had to be removed. The top 2 teeth were traumatized and fell out at age 3 after a second injury where Alan came down mouth open on my hand while jumping up and down on the floor.

Anyway he's been toothless in front forever - although he's now at an age where it looks less weird. The dentist said his teeth would be coming in by age 7 as they would take longer without the old teeth pushing through in the front. I could see the adult teeth on his last x-ray this fall but it still didn't look like much was happening.

This morning Alan showed me that one bottom tooth broke through the gum - he's got a tooth on the way now! I feel like the mom of a little baby who got his first tooth - it's been so long since he had them!