Loose Teeth

One day I looked at Tessa and noticed the gaps in her teeth (she has beautifully spaced out baby teeth which hopefully bodes well for our orthodontic future) had changed.  Her bottom teeth all of a sudden looked crooked.  Much to my surprise, when I examined her more closely I saw both front bottom teeth were very very loose.  Apparently my baby was ready to start losing teeth!  I didn't worry, ok maybe even went into denial that she was growing up so fast, and left those teeth alone.  Imagine my surprise when her permanent teeth came in before she lost those baby teeth.  She had two rows of teeth which Ryan thought was hilarious.  He compared her to a shark!  If you look closely you can see the permanent teeth behind the baby teeth.  

In a panic I called my dad and he calmly told me it would be fine but that I needed to wiggle those baby teeth out.  So that night while Tessa was in the bathtub (in case she bled I didn't want to ruin any clothes) I tried to yank the loosest one out.  I gave it a good tug, felt it pop but the darn thing was still holding on by a string and Tessa was done with the whole process.  She was so precious asking me not to "bite" her again I didn't have the heart to force it.  I then explained that she should wiggle it herself because the Tooth Fairy pays extra for do-it-yourselfers.  Sure enough, the next day at school she popped it out no problem.  So her first tooth came home in a little baggie and Tessa was quite proud of herself.  Everything happened so fast that I didn't have any cute Tooth Fairy stuff so her money, including the extra dollar for pulling it herself, arrived in this little thank you note.  

The second tooth came out the next day while she was eating an apple.  We never did find that one but the tooth fairy made a return visit anyways.  And Gampa was right, her new teeth moved right into position and her smile is beautiful.  This milestone passed rather easily but please let's not lose any more before we go to Disney World.