Loose Tooth

Rebecca just recently lost her first tooth. It had been loose for about 7 months now, which to me seemed like a really long time. But Rebecca was patient throughout, and would update us daily on the progress of her tooth. She referred to it as her "wiggly" tooth. For the past couple of weeks, it seemed like the tooth was barely hanging on, and all the while we had to make sure we didn't give Rebecca anything too crunchy to eat.

Finally, it started to "wiggle" a lot more than it had previously. And Rebecca saw blood in her mouth from the wiggly tooth, so Jen decided to take a look. While she was poking around, she decided to twist the tooth a little, and lo and behold, the thing came right out. It was a very exciting moment in our house.

Rebecca had already made a little box to place her tooth in for the Tooth Fairy. And that night, after she was sound asleep, the Tooth Fairy came and gave Rebecca a nice $10 bill. We had to explain to Rebecca that a first tooth is worth more than the rest, and she shouldn't expect the same for each subsequent tooth. The Tooth Fairy can only afford so much.