Mom, I Lost a Tooth!

On the 15th of May Brayden successfully pulled out his very first loose tooth! Ben and I were a little surprised two weeks earlier when he told us he had a loose tooth, but after looking it up on a medical website we learned that it is very normal to lose a tooth between ages 5-8, plus his new tooth was already coming in and pushing the baby one right out. Brayden played with his loose tooth a bit, but was generally nervous about the idea of actually losing or pulling it out. However, after the front root of his baby tooth was visible for three days straight I told Ben we better try to get it out. One of our neighbors had given us the idea of him pulling it himself so we thought we would try it. We tied dental floss around it and gave it to Brayden and told him to pull. To my surprise he pulled it right out! He actually pulled much harder than Ben or I would have. He was so excited for the toothfairy to come, but he really wanted to keep his tooth too. So after calling all of his grandma's and his cousin Daniel he asked if we could write a note to the toothfairy asking her to keep the tooth, so we did just that. That night much to his delight the toothfairy came and left him a few quarters and a note that he could keep his tooth to show to all of his friends, and then when he was done he could leave it again and she would finish his reward. His only disappointment was that she hadn't brought him a new toothbrush like she gave Wyatt on Super Why. He carried around his tooth and her note for over a week until he accidentally lost the tooth on the sidewalk somewhere. However, he lost his second tooth on Memorial Day, and happily the toothfairy left him a note saying not to worry she had found his first tooth outside. And happily she remembered the last quarter, a shiny gold dollar coin for his second one and a NEW toothbrush! He was thrilled! What a great toothfairy! :)