TOOTH WHEAT


Whenever the first tooth of our baby peeks through, we celebrate it by giving a party to our family, usually a few months before 1st birthday. We have some traditions to it. We place a number of items representing occupations on the floor (ie a sthetescope for a doctor, a calculator for a financial analyst or accountant, a book for academic career, maybe a laptop for a computer engineer, scissors for a tailor, brush for an artist etc). The first object the baby selects tells you what occupation he/she will choose in the future. My daughter selected the sthetescope so we will know by experience if this works 🙂

The day is named ‘Tooth Wheat’ as we cook and handout wheat to our guests. Those who love it sweet ornament the wheat with fruits, dry fruits, sugar, chocolate etc… and those who love it salty can add salt and yoghurt… Turkish traditions 🙂