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09-07-2007, 01:00 PM
A bit of background: My second has a birth defect that has resulted in developmental delays. He's also a late teether. He turned two in July, and he only has the front four teeth and his first year molars. In the last month, his canines have starting to break through. :phew
When we went for his second year well visit on his birthday, I asked the ped about his teeth again. He got a good look and told me it did seem like they were coming...eventually. In the process of the checkup he asked how Peanut's fine motor skills were coming along. I told him we were working on that with OT, but he was still mostly using the raking method to pick things up.
The ped says, "Alot of times you'll see the fine motor pick up really quickly when the canines break through. It won't be long."
Ok, he was so right! Those canines are breaking through, and Peanut is using a pincher grip, all of a sudden! I wondered if any of you mamas had ever heard that and noticed it at the time, or looking back notice the correlation. And if anybody knows why, I'm really curious!
When we went for his second year well visit on his birthday, I asked the ped about his teeth again. He got a good look and told me it did seem like they were coming...eventually. In the process of the checkup he asked how Peanut's fine motor skills were coming along. I told him we were working on that with OT, but he was still mostly using the raking method to pick things up.
The ped says, "Alot of times you'll see the fine motor pick up really quickly when the canines break through. It won't be long."
Ok, he was so right! Those canines are breaking through, and Peanut is using a pincher grip, all of a sudden! I wondered if any of you mamas had ever heard that and noticed it at the time, or looking back notice the correlation. And if anybody knows why, I'm really curious!