Lost: First Tooth

Weeks ago (Dec 9th ish), Ramsey told Eric and me that his [lower middle] tooth hurt.  Groaning, thinking it was a cavity, we figured at least we already had his six month check-up and cleaning scheduled - coming up at the end of December.

The next day, Ramsey mentioned it again. He touched it and I noticed it seemed to be loose.  Well sheesh, there isn't a cavity, it's just ready to come out!  Yay!    I told him that it'd be just a few more days and he'd be losing his very first tooth!  He hasn't had a "first" in quite some time now.  :-)

I went hunting for my childhood Tooth Fairy pillow.  I could not find it!  Where did it go?  Did I lose it somewhere along the way?  I must have.   Well... so be it.  It was kind of girly anyway.  

I went on the hunt for a new pillow for Ramsey.  I found some very odd, nay creepy, things online.   But, then I went to Etsy (aaah, love Etsy!) and found all sorts of fun ones.  I even found a few Star Wars themed pillows.  I let Ramsey pick it out.  He was thrilled!  He chose one that was red with a black Darth Vader tooth on it and a little black pocket.  It even had a black strap "handle" so we could hang it on his doorknob or a hook.  I thought that was quite ingenious - the Tooth Fairy would not need to dig under his pillows or risk waking him up.  Marvelous!     The only downside: Shipping... might be a week and a half or so for shipping.  Ugh.  I conceded that it would not make it in time, but I would still be optimistic.

Fast forward to Tuesday, the 22nd.  It arrived!  Yay!  And, Ramsey's tooth was still intact, holding on by a thread.  Oh, how I wanted to pull it then and there!!!

Sidenote:  The tooth was still intact because Ramsey did NOT want anyone to yank it out!  At first, he was upset and scared that he was going to lose one of his "beloved baby teeth".  He didn't want to lose a tooth!  After a few days, he resigned to the notion that it was going to fall out.  BUT... it wasn't going to be ripped out of his head by anyone (rats! haha); it was going to fall out naturally.  He even talked about biting into an apple (which he NEVER does - he finds it gross and will only eat pureed applesauce).     

Second sidenote:  He LOVED the fact that showing his wiggly tooth to his Dad grossed him out to no end!   Ramsey would purposely show him so he could get Eric to pitch a fit!  

December 24th:  We told Ramsey he should let us pull his tooth out so that the Tooth Fairy could come the same night Santa did!   Eric then joked that maybe Santa would ditch Mrs Claus and then marry the Tooth Fairy.  Ramsey laughed.   It was not enough for Ramsey to let us pull that darn tooth out!

December 27th:  Ramsey's tooth was basically laying perpendicular to his gums.  I'd had it.  I made my scared little boy lay back with his mouth wide open.  I no more than grabbed it and it was in my fingers.  Ah, satisfaction! 

Ramsey was a little mad at me because he was bleeding.  I threw a cold wet wash cloth in his mouth.  See picture below.  (I found it quite amusing personally).

After about five minutes, the cloth came out and he let us see his new smile.

That night, the Tooth Fairy came.  I'm guessing, because it was Ramsey's first lost tooth, he scored a whole $5!

The next day, after showing off his moola, he informed us that his other lower front tooth is now also loose.   I guess we'll wait another three weeks for that one to come out too!