What is the sound of one tooth brushing?

This is not Boba Fett's helmet. (Image cortesy of BabyJaya.com.)
This is not Boba Fett's helmet. (Image courtesy of BabyJaya.com.)

All right, I’m exaggerating. He’s got two teeth, not one. But we’ve just learned that we should be brushing them, and even bought a tiny silicone-rubberfingertip toothbrush. (And, by the way, it took some doing to find one that didn’t bear the sponsored image of SpongeBob, or a Little Mermaid, or Elmo, or anyone else.)

It takes maybe six seconds to brush them, because, well, there are two teeth. I find this process hilarious, and probably pointless until he’s got a few more. But all the books say we should brush, so we’re brushing away.

Published by Christopher

Christopher Bonanos is a senior editor at New York magazine, where he works on arts and urban-affairs coverage (and a few other things). He and his wife live smack in the middle of midtown Manhattan, where their son was born in March 2009. Both parents are very happy, and very tired.

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