Our First Lost Tooth

About 3 weeks ago, Hannah Beth told me that her tooth hurt a little. I felt it and it was slightly loose. She was pretty excited about that, but over the last few weeks I hadn't seen her playing with it or wiggling it. I kept wanting to wiggle it to see how loose it was, but she only let me do it ocassionally. Last night as I was getting dinner started, the kids were eating a snack (hmmm - maybe that is why they didn't eat much of anything for dinner...) and Hannah Beth and Nathaniel were playing with their goldfish crackers. Then Hannah Beth came over to me, a bit upset, and was saying something about being sorry because she was just playing but accidentally ate something she wasn't supposed to. I looked at her as she was talking and there was a little blood, and her tooth was gone! I finally figured out that her tooth must have just fallen out and she thought she had accidentally put something in her mouth that wasn't food. But then I couldn't find the tooth for a while so I wondered if she had swallowed it. Finally I found it on the floor (and then saved the dinner from burning).


We had talked about the tooth fairy after her tooth fell out, and Hannah Beth called a number of friends and relatives to tell them about her lost tooth. She was very excited! Then a little while later she asked me if the tooth fairy was real. I asked her what she thought, and she said she didn't know. I knew she was thinking about it, so I told her just to give me her best guess. She said that she didn't think it was real and that maybe the Mommies and Daddies came and took the tooth and threw it away and put money under her pillow. We talk about the Tooth Fairy, Santa Clause, etc. but I certainly don't push those things as very important. Hannah Beth has always wanted to know the truth and has asked me straight out about them, so I have always told her the truth (and she has been totally fine with it).

Our little girl is growing up! Another stage of life - a cute smile with missing teeth! :)