Sean’s first molar (his front bottom left one) finally erupted in mid-January. It was a rough journey. For about a month, he was in on-and-off tooth pain, and we swore for that whole month that the next tooth was just a few days away. Except for the very first tooth, this molar was definitely the worst. We had about two weeks of severe pain (=sleep-disturbing) for this one versus the one week for the first tooth and just a few days for the ones in between. Molars are brutal — they’re so big and they’ve got four sharp points each that need to pierce through the surface. January’s molar was particularly nasty because Sean was sick for a bunch of it, so he had mouth pain and was completely congested on top of it. Poor guy.
Let’s go to the mouth diagram:
So the January molar is in orange. Now, mid-February, it looks like we’ve got January Molar’s partner making her way in. The February molar is in red. He’s in pain again, and the first of the four tooth peaks is through. It’s funny to have these teeth come in and not yet the canines; there’s a gap between Sean’s front teeth and the molars. And the lack of molars on his right side means that he closes his mouth funny — a little bit crooked. But I bet the other two first-year molars aren’t far behind… (Joy.)
