Dec 10 2008
The First Loose Tooth!
For quite a few months now my almost 6 year old has been telling me he has a loose tooth, not because he had a loose tooth, but because he wants to start losing his teeth like his friends and due to the expectation of meeting with the infamous tooth fairy. At least once a week he has been coming to me and saying: “Mommy, I have a loose tooth–Feel it!” Of course I humor him and feel around for a loose tooth but he has not had one, until today! I saw him sort of pushing his tongue up against his teeth and he had a strange look on his face. “Is your tooth loose?” I asked. His little face looked at me as if he didn’t know. I felt it and sure enough it was wiggling. HE WAS SO EXCITED! He ran around yelling my tooth is loose! His happy dance was soon interrupted by my husband who proceeded to tell him that he needs to be careful when he eats and to make sure he doesn’t swallow it. Suddenly his elation turned to fear. He burried his face in my stomach and held me tightly. “What’s the matter buddy?” I asked. He whispered: “I don’t want my tooth to fall out.” He had sad eyes and I could tell that daddy had chosen the wrong words. I remembered how I felt as a kid when my teeth were loose. I HATED it! The worst part is when they are holding on by a thin thread and you are afraid for that last piece to go; they twist and turn in your mouth and you just want them to fall out but you know that it might hurt and that it might bleed. Maybe that is why I still have dreams where all of my teeth are falling out. I knew if my husband said anything else that I would be in for a long couple of days as we wait for the tooth to fall out so I quickly turned the situation around by reminding him that after it fell out the tooth fairy would pay him and visit and he began to shout: “The tooth fairy is going to come visit! I’m going to get money! I’m going to be RICH!” So someone please tell me, what is the going rate for a tooth these days?
****By the way, I found a cute page for kids sponsored by Colgate—click on the link for coloring pages, games and even a link to request a letter from the tooth fairy! It’s really cute.
My daughter also has her first loose tooth and is freaking out about swallowing it. So we, thinking we were being clever, told her that the tooth fairy has magic and can just go into her tummy and get it out. She started crying even harder. “But what if I close my mouth and she gets stuck in there???” ROFL! We then explained that the tooth fairy can teleport. Yes, my 5 year old knows what that means - she’s too much!
Have fun with yours and thanks for the link!!