Entry FeedSon One lost another tooth last night. What is extraordinary is how ordinary losing a tooth has become for him. I don't remember him complaining about it being loose, being unable to eat or in pain.
When Son One had his first loose tooth, he starved himself for three days, sitting on the couch with his mouth open drooling down his shirt. I actually choose to keep him home from school because we didn't think it was fair to subject his teacher to his ridiculous behaviour. Plus, he lost about 10% of his body weight through his self starvation act. Husband and I told him that if his tooth didn't hurry up and fall out, then we would have to take him to the Dentist to have it pulled out just so that he would start eating again. Can you say drama queen?
Another time he bit into his lunch at school and a loose tooth started bleeding. I was actually called to the school for that one because his teacher was so concerned that he wouldn't eat his lunch.
For one loose tooth, Son One stopped playing hockey. This is because the tooth somehow got turned around while he was playing, though it was still attached. Yes, it looked super freaky. He didn't want to loose the tooth while on the ice, so he benched himself.
Another loose tooth found him drooling on the couch for three days. The extra drool triggered his sensitive gag-reflect, and on the third night (again, after losing 6 pounds), he threw up in the toilet and the loose tooth came out. Husband fished it out.
You can understand why I was thrilled last night when he walked up to me, calmly, and showed me this tiny little tooth. "Look!" he said with a little blood dripping out of his mouth, "I lost a tooth!" I didn't even know it was loose!
This morning, he was happy to discover $6 from the tooth fairy. SIX DOLLARS? Are you kidding me? Next time, the tooth fairy should ask mommy for some change. Son One added up how much he has made off of his teeth so far, and it totals $56! Can you imagine that? I think our tooth fairy thinks that we are made out of money... And neither Son Two nor Daughter even have a loose tooth yet. I hope that they take cheques.