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Another family of late teethers here as well. All three of my children didn't get teeth until around thei 1st birthday day. DS6 lost his first tooth on his 6th birthday in Dec this year. He just lost another one last week. I assume it's going to be a looong process.

DS6 (DYS) is on the late end of normal. He too only lost 2 teeth and still doesn't have his 6 year old molars.

DS4 on the other has to be a genius. He was born with 2 teeth That said, the rest of his teeth came on the late end of normal as well.

LOL! We have always been grateful for the fact that DS didn't get his first teeth until he was about 14 months old. He had learned to run, then walk before he had teeth, so we had fewer bloody lips from falls. He is also on the late end for losing his baby teeth. He was 8 before he lost his first tooth and at 10 still has a couple front baby teeth.

However, I'll add in another Old Wise Tale. Our dentist told us that the later kids get their teeth and the longer they keep their baby teeth,the healthier their adult teeth will be. Not sure if there is any truth to this one or not, I think it is more a matter of genetics.

Early teething family here. DS had teeth at 4 mos & DH had teeth at two weeks. DD was more like 5 months & that is late in my in-laws family. My DS has cousins his same age that he "blows out of the water" intellectually speaking. (and that is according to there mutual grandmother) They all teethed early too. Definitely not related issues.

Thank you LMom ... I love your response... and he will prove that little statement true. LOL I can see it later on ... oh our little genius ... yes we had confirmation the day he was born since he had two teeth.

Here's another old wives' tale, not about teeth though. A child who doesn't crawl (who just gets up and walks - I guess there are such children) will never learn to read. The longer they crawl before they walk, the better reader they will be.

I love that one too DS6 never crawled. He started reading chapter books at the age of 3 DS4 did crawl and started reading earlier than DS6 though.

Crawling is supposed to increase development of the parts of brain used for reading.

I am afraid our family just doesn't fit the norms Not even with teeth and crawling. At least the kids like pasta and cookies. That sounds pretty normal, doesn't it?

Shall we go on to discuss head size? My friend has children with very large round craniums. DH secretly refers to them as the Charlie Brown heads. They're bright kids, but not DYS bright...

Lots of these old wives tales relate to intelligence. People have always searched for a way to justify both high and lows.

And you were right! What on earth is a C-change? Sea-change goes back at least to Shakespeare.

As for teeth, DS6 got his first two teeth at 4 months, and two more at 4.5 months, and had everything by the time he was 1. DD(almost 3) was pretty average, I think.

ugh - so someone gave me the incorrect answer when i gathered up the courage to finally ask about it at the big company i worked for, when it was the buzzword of choice for a while. (oh well, i guess my point was that sometimes a person hears something in a different way; nothing to do with teething.)