Anna Loses her First Tooth
Anna finally lost her first tooth last Saturday night.
It had been handing on by a thread for days, but just couldn't make the final transition. She could stick it out straight with her teeth clenched, generating awe among her classmates (many of which were certain that it would "get infected" if she didn't get it out quick!)
Late Saturday night, she was sitting in her bed getting ready to go to sleep and letting Mommy pull on it a little, but nothing was progressing. So she let Daddy tie a string of dental floss around the tooth so she could yank on it some.
The first try was a failure, as the floss came right off of the tooth. After some struggling with big fingers in a very tiny mouth, Daddy managed to get the floss back around the tooth. Anna tugged gently a few times, then gave a big pull. Everyone thought that the floss had come off again until we noticed that the tooth was missing!
Really missing. We couldn't find it anywhere.
Anna starting bawling. Mommy and Daddy were sure she was in pain until she managed to sob out "It doesn't hurt. I'm just so happy!" What a sensitive, wonderful little girl we have. Anna cried tears of joy for several minutes while Mommy and Daddy hugged her.
Then the search was on for the tooth. We took all of the covers off of the bed and looked all over the floor. Eventually Daddy spied it in the carpet. It had one long end where it had been attached, explaining what had taken so long.
Anna carefully wrapped her tooth in tissue and placed it under her pillow. By the next morning, the Tooth Fairy had left her a five dollar reward for a first tooth lost.
Anna has already spent her money on Littlest Pet Shop animals. And she's starting to wiggle another tooth.
It had been handing on by a thread for days, but just couldn't make the final transition. She could stick it out straight with her teeth clenched, generating awe among her classmates (many of which were certain that it would "get infected" if she didn't get it out quick!)
Late Saturday night, she was sitting in her bed getting ready to go to sleep and letting Mommy pull on it a little, but nothing was progressing. So she let Daddy tie a string of dental floss around the tooth so she could yank on it some.
The first try was a failure, as the floss came right off of the tooth. After some struggling with big fingers in a very tiny mouth, Daddy managed to get the floss back around the tooth. Anna tugged gently a few times, then gave a big pull. Everyone thought that the floss had come off again until we noticed that the tooth was missing!
Really missing. We couldn't find it anywhere.
Anna starting bawling. Mommy and Daddy were sure she was in pain until she managed to sob out "It doesn't hurt. I'm just so happy!" What a sensitive, wonderful little girl we have. Anna cried tears of joy for several minutes while Mommy and Daddy hugged her.
Then the search was on for the tooth. We took all of the covers off of the bed and looked all over the floor. Eventually Daddy spied it in the carpet. It had one long end where it had been attached, explaining what had taken so long.
Anna carefully wrapped her tooth in tissue and placed it under her pillow. By the next morning, the Tooth Fairy had left her a five dollar reward for a first tooth lost.
Anna has already spent her money on Littlest Pet Shop animals. And she's starting to wiggle another tooth.
# posted by Scott @ 5/30/2008 03:54:00 PM 
