Yesterday Emily was complaining that "something in her mouth hurt when she licked it". It goes without saying that we were on the freeway at the time, so naturally I couldn't look right then. I ASSumed it was a chapped lip or cold sore or something and didn't think more of it right then.
So later we get home, I look in her mouth, and WHOA! Two rather large bottom incisors are poking in right behind the baby ones, which are not loose.
It also goes without saying that this happens about 15 minutes after her dentist's office closes for the weekend. Jon and I start panicking (quietly) about orthodontia.
Afterwards it occurred to me that this is the first brand-new, uncharted parenting issue we've dealt with in years. Hannah never got to this point -- she never even had a loose tooth in her life. Seeing those adult-size teeth poking through was startling, and another reminder that Emily is growing beyond where Hannah ever was.
I remember when her first teeth popped IN -- freakishly early, at 3mo. I noticed them the same day she rolled over for the first time. Hannah thought it was the coolest thing, too.
In other news, Max is walking. Typically, he is making very gradual progress -- he is steadily increasing distance, is working on turning, and last night walked and drank out of a sippy cup at the same time. He is looking a bit more little-boyish, but definitely still has a lot of babyhood to get through.
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