Quite the documentation for one lost tooth, but this one has been different from the others. Dylan's top right front tooth started wiggling about a week ago. I was a bit scared and sad at first knowing this was the end of him looking like a little kid, but I guess I got over it. I don't know if it was my reluctance that scared the kid or what, but he did not want this one taken out at all. He wiggled it nonstop until it was hanging sideways out of his mouth, but did not want Marcos to pull it out. He let me wiggle it because he knew I would be a little more careful.
Yesterday after school he mentioned that Courtney (Kambrie's mom) asked if she could pull his tooth when she picked him up from school. Now...when your tooth is so ghetto that other people can even tell it's loose, it's time to take action. I helped him wiggle it a few times loosening it quite a bit every time and then helped him wiggle it one more time and yanked it out. Success! He wasn't sure what he thought when it came out. There were many mixed emotions over this milestone. He was sad, scared, happy and excited about losing another tooth and having the Tooth Fairy visit yet again.
I tried to take his picture with his missing tooth and his crazy hair was driving me nuts. He wants to grow it out a little (and I kind of do too). It's hard to get haircuts every 3 weeks and I wonder what he would look like with longer, thicker hair, but I am not patient at all with hair. So...now that we're in the super awkward stage of his hair I told him he needed to let me style it until it grew out a little bit more. You have to understand this kid's intolerance for hair products (and many other things for that matter). He is super sensitive to stuff and gets annoyed with how they feel (his socks, the way a strap rubs his foot, a tag on a shirt, etc. He drives me crazy! So we haven't "done" his hair for years. But as I found myself reaching for the phone to make an appointment to cut his hair, I realized we had to find a compromise if we are really going to try to grow it out this time. So we made a chart. If he lets me do his hair every day until school gets out (hopefully enough time to get past the awkward hair stage) he can pick out a Lego Star Wars set.
This morning I spiked his hair and it was nonstop complaining. I don't know if he or I are going to make it to the goal. And is the goal really worth it anyway? It's kind of a stupid thing to be pushing for so hard. But I seriously hate how often I have to get the boys' hair done. If only I could learn to cut it myself I suppose I would be happy. We'll see. For now, this is how he looks. I'm thinking there's probably a 90% chance we will not make it to see how he looks with his hair grown out....maybe EVER!
Wiggling his tooth...the night before it "fell" out
This is how his crazy tooth started to look as it got more and more loose
Marcos threatening to pull the tooth out
The tooth after I "pulled" it
Dylan took this picture of his hand holding the tooth. Pretty good picture to take with only one hand.
3 comments:
AWWWWWW!!!! He looks so cute... I love the new do too :)
I had a REALLY hard time seeing Leah with that toothless smile. They are getting too big and too old too fast!
Cute Dylan... His smile will never be the same again. Still cute... but now he will have HUUUUGE teeth for that small face... at least for a while.
Oh my goodness I love the spikes! I used to be that way too about tags and straps but I grew out of it. He looks so grown up with the new hair do and missing tooth!
He is so handsome with his hair spiked up! Also, I am glad the tooth came out and I didn't have to pull it out for him!
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