Toothless Grin

Tobie lost his first tooth last Tuesday. We were having dinner and his loose tooth started to bleed. At first I wasn't very concerned. I just told him to wash his mouth out and come back to the table. But then he started freaking out in the bathroom that it would stop bleeding. I went and checked on him and I could immediately tell that this was the pulling moment. I was really nervous to pull on it, afraid that it may not come out. Has anyone else had teeth pulling anxiety? Of course I didn't let on to Tobie that I was worried, I didn't even tell him I was about to pull it. I kept thinking about my Dad's technique and how he always seemed to convince us that he was just going to look at it and not pull it, and then once he got a clear shot, *YANK* and it was out. I got a washcloth and acted like I was going to just add some pressure to stop the bleeding, but then I yanked. I didn't have to pull very hard, it was really ready to come out. He just made a surprised, "OH!" sound and then his eyes got really big. He then started laughing and cheering that he finally lost his first tooth. We cleaned it up and got it ready for the Tooth Fairy.

So later that night Mr. & Mrs. Tooth Fairy were talking about how much to put under Tobie's pillow when they realized they didn't have any cash on them. Mr. Tooth Fairy just wanted to leave a DVD that Santa Claus was planning on leaving them. Mrs. Tooth Fairy was totally against that idea and told Mr. Tooth Fairy that he needed to go to the store and get some money out. Mr. Tooth Fairy really really didn't want to go out even though Mrs. Tooth Fairy told him it is their Tooth Fairy duty to have money under the pillow. Well Mr. Tooth Fairy rummaged through his wallet and just happened to find a $2. They both agreed that a $2 bill would be a pretty awesome amount for his very first tooth. Disaster averted and Mr. Tooth Fairy didn't have to go out into the cold dark night. Tobie was extremely thrilled with his $2 and all was right in the Ikner house.