Dylan's new toothless grin
Checking out his lost-tooth look in the mirror
The tooth
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Dylan's Tooth
Tuesday morning, Dylan came running up the stairs screaming and crying. He'd done something to his tooth. He was playing dinosaur and biting on something and pulled the tooth loose. I called the dentist worried and wondering what to do, but apparently he's old enough that it was probably going to come loose anyway. What? How did my kid get old enough to have a loose tooth. Dylan was devastated and cried for the better part of the morning. I got a few tears at the idea of my baby growing up too. By preschool that afternoon, he decided he liked the idea of a loose tooth. Great! I kept telling him not to touch it in case it could harden back up again. I still thought a loose tooth before his 5th birthday was premature. So last night, Dylan comes running downstairs from his bedroom. Again I thought he was just trying to get out of going to bed, but nope, he came to tell us his tooth fell out. Oh man, here we go! Luckily the tooth fairy, busy as she was, didn't forget to come to our house, and Dylan was thrilled this morning when he found money under his pillow. Although, if you know Dylan's little inquisitive mind at all, you will understand how my morning went. Mom, why does the tooth fairy want to give me money? Why does she need all those teeth? Does she have a lot of babies or something? Do the babies need my baby teeth? Can she fly? Is the tooth fairy a girl or a boy? I can't even tell you how many of those questions we went through this morning. I don't really have great answers for any of them, but was trying to wing it. I told him we could get a book and read more about the tooth fairy. Any suggestions? He wants some answers here. Then he informed me that his other bottom tooth is loose ... and sure enough, it is. There goes my baby! He's going to have permanent teeth grow in before he starts kindergarten. That kid does everything way too early! No wonder he wants to play with the 8 year olds. :) Here are a couple pictures of the momentous occasion.
6 comments:
HOLY COW! i can't believe he is loosing his teeth! Are any other teeth loose yet? WOW! YAY Dylan!
(side note- when Leah lost her first tooth I TOTALLY cried.)
I can't believe Dylin!.....This is too early!....not 5 yet?...Then how old is going to be Milli when she looses her first...8?....hahaha...He looks so happy and cute though!...And I can hear him asking ALL those questions and more, poor you guys!...Have luck with the answers!. I LOVE YOU DYLIN PINPIN!
Your baby is growing up! That's crazy that he lost a tooth already and one is loose. My son will be six this year and doesn't have any loose teeth. I won't complain though, I want him to stay little for as long as he can :) I don't blame you for getting emotional, I would!
wow---
Jenna had to have her two bottom teeth pulled this past Dec due to her "shark" teeth her permanent teeth were coming up behind her baby teeth and they weren't even loose...but now she has a top tooth that is loose and I am sad...she is going to look a lot more grown up with that gone...
But Brent's niece had lost 8 teeth before she was out of kindergarten...
Crazy kid stuff...
I just laugh so much at all of his questions! It just cracks me up but if my own kid were to ask me that, I would have an answer. Maybe the tooth fairy uses the teeth to make beautiful tooth necklaces to wear!!! ;-)
Whoops! In my previous comment...I meant to say, "I WOULD NOT" have an answer.
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