October 22, 2007
They Really Can Help and Shark Teeth
Lil C is going to be a witch for Halloween. It’s the perfect contrast to Big I’s Alice in Wonderland. So today, we went in search of a small broom for the little witch. No one had a small broom.
At Home Depot, we found a wisk corn broom and were standing there trying to figure out how to attach the thing to a dowel and make a proper little flight mechanism, when one of the workers there asked if he could help. We told him we were trying to make a broom for Lil C, who was busy dancing in the aisle with Big I, and instead of rolling his eyes at us since we didn’t have a "real" project, he said, "Cool, let’s go look at dowels." He grabbed us a short dowel and then we followed him back to the aisle of a billion screws and nails. He gave us the perfect screws and wished us luck.
Whether it’s a Halloween broom or a closet rod cut down to become a beater bo, those guys are always willing to help, no matter what the project. In fact, before we found the wisk broom, we told another woman that we were looking for a small broom and why. She went to the back of the store, came out with a small, used plastic broom and offered to give it to us. In an area full of a lot of not so nice people, Home Depot is chock full of them. I’m thinking they must import them from other counties.
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Last week, when Big I told me she had a cut in her mouth, I assumed that she had burned her mouth on something hot, or that she had cut her gum on a sharp piece of chip or something. When she was still complaining the next day, I took a look. There, inside her mouth, were not one, not two, but the beginnings of three new molars. I almost fell over because I didn’t realize kids got 6-year permanent molars. A quick trip to google taught me otherwise; but I was still surprised considering that between my two girls, they sprouted five molars in one week. That’s a whole lot of teeth, and a whole lot of cranky too.
This week, Big I started complaining that her gums were sore behind her bottom front teeth. Both of those teeth have been loosening up lately so I thought it was just from the impending gap. Big I opened her mouth and what did I see but two permanent teeth coming up right BEHIND her bottom front baby teeth. They have just broken the surface so it’s not really a big deal, but once again, I panicked. A quick visit to the google tooth fairies told me that "shark teeth" are actually quite common and that they may come completely in before her front two fall out. After the baby teeth leave, the tongue will move those permanent teeth up into place.
Big I has always had perfectly straight teeth. I’m sensing there will be braces in her future, as she must apparently suffer from the same small mouth (I know-hard to believe right?) that her mother has.
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My youngest (about the same age as your oldest) currently has three shark teeth. It does make his smile look strange. Poor kid, his big brother managed to get neither my dental oddities, nor my husbands. He got both – a permanent canine that can’t find it’s way, and some baby teeth with no adult tooth behind them.
Teething….gah what a fun week or so you’re in for! And keep the fingers away from those shark teeth 😉
Ah, the joys of falling out teeth! My six year old seems to be ahead of the curve, a bit. He lost three teeth this summer alone, including both his front teeth within a week of each other! Now, it looks so odd to have these big front teeth coming in, and itty bitty eye teeth not budging. The front bottom 4 have already come out. While there’s shark teeth prevalent in my father’s family (my grandfather literally did have 2 sets in his mouth, since dentistry almost 90+ years ago wasn’t what it is today), but while he was a baby, I predicted that my son would be the kid who’d have both glasses and braces eventually. Everyone in my family and my husband’s family wears some sort of corrective device (contacts or glasses) of various strengths, and all of us needed braces. Poor kid! But, the investment will be worth it, as he’ll look like a movie star when it’s done! 🙂
Wait a second, did you say you found a worker at Home Depot to help you? I thought this was an honestly written blog!
I’ve had very mixed results at HomeDepot. Some very friendly people, some who clearly don’t want to be there and wish everyone else would leave so they can go home, and some who would like to help you, but haven’t been properly trained, so they only know their own small part of the store, and can’t help you find anything. Oh, and then there’s the sitting around at the paint counter, wishing a paint person would show up. Love that.
Nice to meet you. I am a Japanese woman living in CA.
When I was a girl I had similar experiences. My mom said I would look like a WOLF!! so she took me to a dentist and ….. (I was crying, crying) ….. Since then, I hate to see any dentists!! However a lot of people were surprised taht I have a regular set of teeth without braces. (Braces were not so common at that time also expensive in Japan!!)
Call her “sharkface.” Okay… maybe that’s a bad idea.
As for home depot, they’re pretty good, but I try to support my local businesses, so I do as much as I can at McLendon’s Hardware. They’re also very nice. 🙂