No fair - they don't have to go through teething. That's all I could think when I heard about little Michael Matthew Mintz, born December fifth with a mouth full of teeth. That and - ouch, that poor Mom trying to breastfeed!
The newborn came out of his mom with eight teeny weeny teeth and four little buds last week - a healthy little guy at seven pounds, thirteen ounces, twenty-one inches long.
The teeth are totally normal according to the family's doctor; natal teeth happen in every two- to three-thousand births. Although there's a slim chance of the baby choking if the teeth fall out, there's really little else that makes Michael's unique chompers an issue for his parents, Keith and Melissa.
"I was OK with it because my baby was healthy. I think it was more of a
surprise when I saw them." Melissa told the Gaston Gazette. "My reaction was,
‘If this is the worst I have to worry about, then I'm a lucky mom.'"
The rest of us usually have to put up with a number of sleepless nights, a lot of drooling and plenty of baby Ambesol (or, if you're listening to Granny, shots of bourbon, for the parents, not the baby). So even though the Mintzes will have to take extra care of those teeth, wiping them with gauze daily to ensure they don't rot out of his head (which I threaten my daughter with daily during the morning fight over Little Bear vs. Thomas toothpaste), I'm jealous.
Image: Gaston Gazette
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