Yesterday as Nolan was screwing around with his feeds ALL DAY, I started wondering whether his gums were hurting. I realize that at only 3.5 months corrected they are probably too young to be starting to teethe, but you never know. It really got me thinking though - what makes teething start? Is it nature or nurture, i.e., are you preprogrammed from conception as to when your teeth are going to cut, or does something environmental start the process? If it's part of you and not influenced by the environment, are the boys going to start teething at the same time because they were in fact the same person at the beginning? Obviously developmental things like walking, talking, laughing, grabbing are influenced by surroundings, but a piece of bone jutting out of a gum - what makes that happen?
Wild guesses anyone? Or better yet, anyone have an educated answer?
no educated answer... but Summer had a tooth almost erupt when she was 3-4 mos CA, and she was super cranky etc... but it went back in and never erupted until long after her first four did...
ReplyDeleteteeth confuse me... Rowan did not get his first 2 until he was 13 months old. He then had 4 more come in and on his 2nd b-day he only had 6. Over the last month all his other teeth have come in and it has been HELL for him and mommy.
ReplyDeleteI will be glad when they are fully all the way through. Maybe then he will sleep through the night??
Good luck!
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