At ten months and one week, Gavin is finally cutting his first tooth!  Although he won’t let me get a look at it, I felt it a couple of nights ago while I was nursing him.  I felt something sharp scraping my nipple as he suckled.  When I felt his lower gum, sure enough, there was a jagged edge embedded the gums.  I guess it is only a matter of time now before he’s chomping his way through more food.  I’ll bet Ah Kong and Ah Mah will be delighted because the presence of teeth opens up a whole new complement of foods that Gavin will be able to tuck into.

Although the doctor told us that babies feeding shouldn’t be affected by teething, it certainly feels as though Gavin wants to nurse more over the last couple of days.  He also seems to be less interested in his bread.  Although he still eats it, he doesn’t devour it as eagerly as he did prior in the previous couple of weeks.  Another Mummy friend of mine also said that she found her daughter was mildly ill every single time she was teething despite the doctor saying that there was no link between teething and being ill.  Well, I suppose these are just one of those gray areas in medical science that is neither proven nor disproven because of the great disparity of experiences among teething babies.

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