I've been blogging a lot about Thing 1 lately, but she seems to be giving me the most fodder. So I'll stick with it for now.
Thing 1 has now lost 3 teeth. Two out of three have been traumatic events, so her batting average isn't too good right about now.
The first tooth wasn't quite ready to come out. But it did anyway. We were at soccer practice last Spring, and she got thirsty and grabbed her water bottle. Thinking it was the kind that had a pop-up top, she bit the cap with her teeth to pull it open. Needless to say, it was the twist off kind. She twisted her tooth right off with the bottle cap. There was blood everywhere, and she didn't stop crying for 2 1/2 hours. Seriously. The tooth fairy felt sorry for her and left her $2 - a Susan B. Anthony dollar coin and a Sacajawea dollar coin to make up for the trauma.
Her next tooth wasn't too bad. After much ado (and at least 45 minutes) , she let me pull it. Minimal blood. Minimal tears.
So now this brings us up to tonight's episode. Thing 1 has had a very loose front top tooth for about two weeks. She would not, under any condition, let us pull it. Her counselors at the YMCA after-school program tried yesterday to bribe her with money, extra snacks, and shoulder rides, but to no avail.
Today when I picked her up, it was literally hanging by a thread. Once home, I asked her if she had seen how awful it looked. When she said no, I suggested she go look at it in the mirror. As I'm getting dinner ready, I hear screams and tears from the hall bathroom. Thing 1 then comes running into the kitchen, in a full-on crying fit.
She's swallowed her tooth!
It took a while to get her calmed down to the point where she would actually listen to me. But when she did, I explained that the tooth fairy would still come and leave her money - even without a tooth in exchange.
That seemed to help, but she was still pretty bummed about not getting to put her tooth under her pillow. We plan to leave the tooth fairy a note instead.
Good thing the tooth next to this one is getting ready to come out too. I think we're due for a non-traumatic tooth pulling next time.
Thing 1 has now lost 3 teeth. Two out of three have been traumatic events, so her batting average isn't too good right about now.
The first tooth wasn't quite ready to come out. But it did anyway. We were at soccer practice last Spring, and she got thirsty and grabbed her water bottle. Thinking it was the kind that had a pop-up top, she bit the cap with her teeth to pull it open. Needless to say, it was the twist off kind. She twisted her tooth right off with the bottle cap. There was blood everywhere, and she didn't stop crying for 2 1/2 hours. Seriously. The tooth fairy felt sorry for her and left her $2 - a Susan B. Anthony dollar coin and a Sacajawea dollar coin to make up for the trauma.
Her next tooth wasn't too bad. After much ado (and at least 45 minutes) , she let me pull it. Minimal blood. Minimal tears.
So now this brings us up to tonight's episode. Thing 1 has had a very loose front top tooth for about two weeks. She would not, under any condition, let us pull it. Her counselors at the YMCA after-school program tried yesterday to bribe her with money, extra snacks, and shoulder rides, but to no avail.
Today when I picked her up, it was literally hanging by a thread. Once home, I asked her if she had seen how awful it looked. When she said no, I suggested she go look at it in the mirror. As I'm getting dinner ready, I hear screams and tears from the hall bathroom. Thing 1 then comes running into the kitchen, in a full-on crying fit.
She's swallowed her tooth!
It took a while to get her calmed down to the point where she would actually listen to me. But when she did, I explained that the tooth fairy would still come and leave her money - even without a tooth in exchange.
That seemed to help, but she was still pretty bummed about not getting to put her tooth under her pillow. We plan to leave the tooth fairy a note instead.
Good thing the tooth next to this one is getting ready to come out too. I think we're due for a non-traumatic tooth pulling next time.
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Next time try having her/him eat a popsicle. Their mouth gets numb and they usually forget about the tooth until they bite down on the popsicle with the loose tooth; then it falls right out.
ReplyDeleteWe've done the popsicle thing before, and with good results. Her grandmother told her she could have one before AND after it was pulled, and that pretty much sealed the deal.
ReplyDeleteThis time, it would've fallen out if she breathed too heavily! Thanks for your comment!