Snaggle Tooth

Today a third tooth has popped through. Last night was hell, and that's an understatement. The little bugger wouldn't sleep, and when he was sleeping it was a fitful tossing and turning. There was a lot of crying and fussing. This morning on a hunch I felt around his gums and sure enough, one of his lateral incisors on the top has come in. The one on the opposite side is pretty swollen so I expect that one to erupt in the near future. After realizing his anguish last night, I felt sorry for him. It's interesting to note that the lateral incisors are supposed to come in after the central incisors on top and bottom. Being that he has his bottom two central incisors you would expect the top to come in next. But for now he will just have a snaggle tooth on the top until the rest fill in up top in the front. Every time he cuts another tooth I get a little misty eyed when I realize how much he's growing and that it's going by so quickly.