The Tooth Fairy

Yikes!  I just realized I haven't posted anything about Christmas!  I guess I'll have to go back and do that.  In the meantime, I wanted to post about the Tooth Fairy's first visit to our home.  We really weren't prepared, I thought we had another year at least!  I had visions of making cute signs to hang on the child's door to remind the Tooth Fairy to visit.  I imagined we'd have a cute little container made to put the tooth in, but the loss of this first tooth caught me by surprise. 

Truly, I have to say it's been one of my biggest fears as a mom.  Maybe it's because I had a traumatic tooth loss when I was 3, I don't know.  However, I have always feared one of my children having a tooth knocked out and it came true yesterday.  William was riding on a little toy (meant for toddlers) when his too-long legs tripped the little ride-on toy and he did a face plant onto the sidewalk.  I could tell instantly from the way he landed that he had to be missing at least one tooth.  I ran over, scooped him up and sure enough there was a front tooth missing.  I scoured the sidewalk for the tooth, ran inside (had the other little ones follow me) and shoved toilet paper in his mouth.  I quickly called my dad  (a dentist) and we walked me through what needed to be done immediately and then he came out to take a look at him.  Overall, he will be fine.  He'll have to have a fake tooth made eventually, but for now he seems to be healing OK.

So, the Tooth Fairy visited last night.  We heard the going rate is $5.00 for the first tooth, but we also felt that because this tooth was lost in such a traumatic fashion that William deserved a toy as well.  So, he was really excited to wake up and find $5.00 in quarters (his preferred currency) as well as an Obi-Wan Kanobi action figure.  I guess I'm relieved to know I've lived through one of my big motherhood fears, that William will be OK, and that my dad was around to help.  Thanks Dad!  Hopefully, that will be our last dental emergency.  Here's a photo of my dear boy.  Of course, we are scheduled for a professional family photo in 9 days.  Let's hope he heals fast!