on teeth and talking
Josh was just giving me a rundown of his favorite characters on Star Trek: The Next Generation starting with Data as his favorite, and I quote “wast but not weast is the captain.” He slayed me, both in content and in delivery.
I should probably correct him every single time his Ls come out as Ws, but I just can’t make myself. I know he’ll grow out of it soon enough or school will beat it out of him. It’s like the last vestige of babyhood and I can’t help but secretly revel in it.
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He has two loose teeth, bottom front. Problem is they aren’t loose enough to fall out and the adult teeth are already coming in behind them. They’re more than halfway up already and he’s looking a bit sharklike. With a family history of crooked teeth he’s already likely to have braces, (I spent four years in mine) and we don’t need to make it any worse!
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He’s adamant he’s not giving up his first loss to the tooth fairy. He wants to keep it. I understand that, as somewhere in this house are my own first teeth. I know, gross. I was obsessed with teeth as a kid (I spent a lot of time at the dentist so go figure!) and for years I thought I would grow up to be a dentist.
Anyway, I suggested that we could write a note to the tooth fairy and tell her the situation. I told him she would understand and she might just give him some money anyway but he doesn’t believe me. He doesn’t think she’s that nice.
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Soon he’ll start to lisp from missing teeth, and his THs and Ss will sound like Fs. Maybe then I won’t mind so much when his Ls become just plain Ls instead of Ws. My baby is not a baby at all, but a very big boy. (One who talks so much my ears want to fall off, lisp or not!)
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OMG..Thank you for sharing that. How cute!!!
I love the little language quirks. They grow out of them all too soon. It’s when they start debating every.little.thing. in a clear manner (albeit at the top of their lungs), that gets me scared! I know my days as Omniscient Mom are numbered. ;)