October 8, 2013
Recently the
Boss' front tooth had started to wiggle. Mark tried to pull it out several
times, but it was still too stuck in her mouth. So, we told her to wiggle it
more, but no matter how much she wiggled it with her tongue it would not come
out. The new adult tooth started growing in but it was really far behind the
baby tooth and it only made the back of the tooth loose, not the front. The
front was stuck tight. I eventually made an appointment with the dentist to see
what he thought we should do, let it do it's own thing or take it out? It had
begun to bother her when she ate and she really wanted it out so, I would be
happy if he suggested taking it out. He did indeed suggest removing it {hello, insurance payment}, so his assistant went about preparing the Boss
for the tooth’s removal.
The kids love this
dentist. He is really good with kids AND they have TVs in the ceiling that you
can watch and listen on headphones, that last part was a big seller for the girls.
The
Boss has her headphones on watching Dora completely unconcerned with what is
going on around her. The tooth is still pretty well attached and they have to
give her something to numb her mouth up. They tell her that she will feel a
little pinch {liars}. I hold her hands nice and tight so she can't hurt herself
more than they already are going to. That really was the worst part, the pinch. It took a
little bit of elbow grease but the dentist got the tooth out {he had to use
something called an elevator, which I can imagine it's function, and I was
really glad that they had numbed her little mouth}.
After it was all
said and done, she was mad 1. at the girl that pinched her because "she
pinched her really hard!" and 2. because she couldn't go to school until she could
feel her mouth well enough to eat a snack. But she got a great prize from the
prize chest at the dentist office and they sent her tooth home in a neat tooth
holder necklace.
At our house the Tooth Fairy pays double for teeth that have to be removed by the dentist. I think she feels the "pinch" is worth the extra $$.
