Kinda cute right?
Well he was kinda scared about it. He had already lost his bottom teeth, (as you can see they are growing in nicely now) and his top two teeth were loose then. For some unknown reason, it's taken months for the top two to fall out. Well, they had help. Daddy and dental floss.
You see, he got kneed in the teeth on the trampoline, they were no more ready to come out then, than before. He got hit in those teeth with a baseball (he missed catching it) and again, still the same. I thought for sure one of those events would have made one fall out. They've been really loose for at least a month now, but Alex has been timid about tugging on them or pulling them out.
So finally we bribed him. I believe it was with candy. We also played it that Daddy was nicer at pulling teeth than Mommy. So Alex agreed to letting Tony do it. We tied floss to one and gently yanked. Came right out, bled a little too, but Alex was worried enough from the little pain he felt, that he didn't want to let Daddy do the other one right away. Although he did promise to let him pull the other one the next night.
Night two. The second one hardly bled, and Alex said ouch before Tony even tugged, but it came out. That night we put both teeth in an envelope and put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy, who rewarded him nicely.
So out of all of this, I finally got some peace of mind, (cuz those teeth hanging all funny in his mouth and turning yellow, really bothered me), Daddy got to do the yanking, which I think he was glad to take part in, and Alex got candy, a $2 bill ($1 for each tooth) and a lisp.
Wow, the Manley tooth fairy is GENEROUS! Cute kid, hope he doesn't miss eating corn on the cob.
ReplyDeleteDayson has 4 or 5 missing at once. It is fun to make him talk. I like to hear it. Lainey is really wanting hers out too. Every morning she checks one or two and goes "shoot!" when none move. Alex is loosing his early. I am proud of him for letting his Dad pull them. (you can tell him that) Maybe I will treat him with a cupcake when he visits me.
ReplyDeleteAs for the tooth fairy: she doesn't visit the Duncan's home. The Easter Bunny, Santa and many other fun characters don't come around here. Dayson made a show out of pulling his tooth. He would ask people if they wanted to hear how he pulled his teeth (He pulled them. Wouldn't let us touch it.) When they said yes, he responded with donations are welcome. So then he shows them the teeth and an elaborate story about how HE pulled them himself. The first tooth raked in almost $10. He told everyone at church, family, and the neighbors. I had to stop him when he walked up to the door greeter at WalMart....lol. That one still has me cracking up.
Anyhow, tell him Good Job from Tasha. I am sending lots of love now.
He was so proud to show me that he was missing his teeth!
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