Why yes, this remark has my attention. So I slide a finger into her open mouth where she is pointing and I find a large, swollen pad of gums at the back of her mouth. I know it isn't right, but it takes me a moment for it to register. I look up at Marcia with my face of concern and she says quick as a whip, "6 year molar".
I didn't even know there were 6 year molars. We are busy expecting the front ones to fall out at any time. The other side of her lower set of molars feels similar, though not as swollen. So we go on with our day and Zoe doesn't eat much after her huge breakfast. She is drinking like a camel all day, especially snow slushies, but not eating much. Then after barely eating dinner, she's brushing her teeth and I decide to have another feel. Her lower left is twice as swollen as before and the other side is getting there. Then on top, the left one is halfway in, and the right is puffy. She has a mouth full of erupting molars, and I had no idea. So after starting and not finishing 3 different meals, I gave her a bowl of frozen blueberries from a local farm. She ate them all 3 times over and in the end was a blueberry mess, but her gums were finally happy.
