Ever since Grace was three, she was fascinated by loose teeth and the tooth fairy. She would ask me over and over again when I thought she would finally have her first loose tooth. Since I had taught first grade, I knew that the majority of kids had their first loose tooth in first grade, so I soothed her with the idea that she probably would have to wait until she was six. Well, when she turned six and there were no wiggly teeth, she was disappointed. I knew the day would come, but it wouldn’t come fast enough for her.
Two weeks ago, she ate her lunch really slowly and then went straight to the bathroom. She came out with her fingers in her mouth and tried to ask me a few questions. After removing her fingers, we discovered that what she was feeling but not seeing WAS a loose tooth – a middle tooth on the bottom. HER FIRST ONE… FINALLY!! She was relieved that she was finally going to experience what she had been daydreaming about for years!
Two weeks after this initial discovery, she had wiggled and played with it so much that she could literally push it until it was laying flat on her bottom lip. During nap time, I took a tissue and twisted it out...with her permission. She was so brave… it didn’t really hurt or bleed much. She was VERY proud of it and showed everyone her hole on Wednesday night at church.
In case you are wondering, Grace DID put it under her pillow with an adorable note that she wrote to the Tooth Fairy. In the morning she got a dollar bill with sparkly stickers on it. She was THRILLED!
So… when will we have her next loose tooth? This one can’t come fast enough either! I am sure she will continue to keep her fingers in her mouth until she feels a loose one!
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