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Unlike the stereotype<\/a>, Katherine loves brushing her teeth. It’s a Big Girl thing that she can share with her parents. Plus she likes the taste of the toothpaste and having Her Own Toothbrush.<\/p>\n

She’s utterly horrible at it, of course. She sucks all the toothpaste off the bristles. She brushes her front teeth by holding the brush still and shaking her head (leading to broad swathes of toothpaste in a Joker-like smile). She is beginning to sort of get the idea of what to do with the back teeth, but it’s pretty darned difficult to show her.<\/p>\n

She’s also obsessed with her baby teeth falling out, as yet another sign of her becomming a Big Girl. “When I a Big Girl, my baby teeth come out!” she’ll announce at random intervals to random strangers. The idea that this is a couple of years down the line is not sinking in with her.<\/p>\n

Still, paying attention to her teeth is a Good Thing, so for that we (and, eventually, she) can be grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unlike the stereotype, Katherine loves brushing her teeth. It’s a Big Girl thing that she can share with her parents. 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