Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Love that Toothless grin!

















So tonight Connor joined the elite ranks of many who have gone before him ..... and lost a tooth! He lost his first. It was quite an ordeal and it was sprung on us, Karen and Chaytor came over we had pizza and things were very normal. Afterwards he brushed his teeth and I could see the gap widening. I knew it was getting close he has been wiggling it for a while. I said "let's try and pull on that tooth." The excitement last a fraction of a second, until the first ounce of pain kicked in. The tears came and the first words out of his mouth were "I want Grandpa to do it!" Just what every single mother wants to hear right? So I so gently coerced him to try it again then he said "No I want to let it fall out at school they give you a tooth pouch to put it in," my reply was "if it falls out at school you'll be digesting it." Because at this point it was hanging on by a piece of pulp so I just put him in a head lock and hooked him like a fish, out popped the tooth. So you can almost see the glistening of tears in the pictures through the smile. They are quite real I assure you. As quickly as it begun, no more than 5 minutes has passed, it was over and he said I need my bag for the tooth fairy and he was off to bed and as quite as a mouse!


My reflection is why aren't there more teeth in the little buggers mouth?!?









































4 comments:

just a girl said...

How great is that!? I can only assume playing with Chaytor helped knock it out! Had an awesome time last night! thanks!

nursebennett said...

Nah ... it had been loose for a while but he refused to let anyone continue to wiggle it. So when I saw it was 'really' loose I got one good pull and then it was hanging on by a thread, so he really didn't have a choice but to let me finish. So I did what any loving mom would do ... I put him in the head lock and sealed the deal!!

Hey my kids are ALWAYS that rough ... that cat just adds a new level of excitement to it!!

Kelley said...

Precious little face. Just making sure it was clear that it was not me "punching him in the nose" that knocked out the tooth. xoxox

Beth said...

What a GREAT photo!