Another Day, Another Tooth

Matt is on a roll now that his first front tooth fell out.  I think he was a little afraid of loosing his teeth. It seems that since his front tooth came out and nothing "bad" happened, he is a little more open to letting them come out.

This morning while I was getting ready for church, he came upstairs and said "its bleeding". I quickly looked at him and there in his outstretched hand was this little tooth. 

After, I took the tooth and compressed his gum with a wet tissue to stop the bleeding, he turned to me very matter of fact, stretched out his hand and said "dollar please".  Too funny!

We came downstairs where I took these pics.....I had to show his "money hand" as that was his first request.  

Do you know right after I took these pics he went to my purse looking for a dollar?  I stopped him from going into my wallet but I did give him his dollar. I just pray he doesn't start pulling his teeth in order to get some cash.

I haven't checked how loose his other front tooth is but the last time I did it was pretty firm.  Maybe with the other two gone it will come out soon.

Matt is my sensitive boy and the thought of loosing his teeth at moments made him cry, so this morning I had to be very careful not to use any cute names to describe his current smile as I don't know if he would be upset. This is just another way of showing me how quickly the kids are growing up. Time sure is flying! 

Its About Time

Since his dentist appointment in August, Matthew has had two very loose teeth.  The small one next to his "injured" front tooth was very loose then but to this day still has not made its way out of his little mouth.  His other front tooth became loose very quickly but let me tell you he has had no desire of having that tooth come out.  

This morning I asked him when he thought he might want to "give that tooth up". He was still undecided. We talked about how pulling a tooth is to be done by the person whose mouth holds the tooth, a dentist or an adult. I do have to say there has been a little bribery in trying to get him to just pull it out.  The most recent bribe was that when it was out he would get money he could put toward a kids computer game where you can get to another level by having a membership (it costs money of course). The tooth cconversation ended by Matt deciding he wanted Dave to measure his height to see if he had grown since his doctors appointment. 

I headed down to the basement to get something and the next thing I know Matt was behind me saying "I'm a member".  I was like "what?" There he stood wide grinned and tooth missing.

Oh the tooth, we couldn't find it....still can't. We asked him where it went and he was like "I don't know".  Too funny!! We did tell him that if he did swallow it by mistake not to worry, nothing will happen.  I did give him a dollar to which he replied "I need a 50 like Emily has" (Christmas money she saved). I advised him his tooth was not worth $50.  You have to give him an A for effort.