Well, her top front tooth has fallen out. And I feel rather silly that I've been trying to prevent a baby tooth from falling out. You wouldn't believe what I've been doing. I've been carefully brushing them and the gum line hoping to make them stronger and more solid. I've been feeding her non solids. I've kept her from rough play with the kids. I've done the ridiculous all because I really thought she had already lost those top teeth.
But I took Blair's advice and really examined them last night. And there are no ridges. And they look like very little boxes. I knew they were little but had rationalized that she was going to be a funny looking adult with very little teeth.
After examining her teeth, seeing no ridges, having Craig and two girls adamently profess no recollection of Sophia's teeth falling out, I finally gave in. I admit I must be wrong. But really, I remember them falling out. I have an image in my head of her without her teeth. Am I losing my mind?? Is my mind getting confused with the other children??
BTW, my kids tend to lose their teeth early. Isabelle and Kolbe were both 4 yo when they started losing their top teeth. Anna lost them when she was 5. I guess Sophia is just doing things out of order.
I think I got the bottom teeth confused with the top. She DID lose two of her bottom teeth. Those teeth have ridges. Thank you Ladies. And just for preserving history and my frail mind .....
Now I'm off to write in their baby books with a red sharpie marker!! LOL!! And then I'm off to look up some "professional help" in the yellow pages for both Sophia and my myself. Poor thing has been distraught at the idea of being toothless as an adult. Because of course I kept telling her to be careful with her adult teeth. This morning she asked me if she was going to be like Grandma when she grew up. I finally told her, "NO! Mommy was wrong. Those are your baby teeth afterall." She just smiled and ran off.
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This whole tooth saga really is funny. She'll have a great story to tell about it all when she gets older!
Okay, stop writing such funny posts. I am laughing so hard, I.... nevermind. Just nothing funny until I get all this pressure off my bladder in April, okay?
The funny thing is that what is going on has so many parallels to what has been going on at our house over the loss of Nathan's first tooth (EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC to him, by the way, and then to the other children, as well). It is so funny to read your posts on teeth when they have been the only thing on the conversation menu this week. But please, stop. I can't take it anymore. Could you write something about taxes or funerals or something? Please?
hahaha! how hysterical!!
Maybe you need a mommy rest day to rest your brain!
Lillian, I also am cracking up after reading this! I'm just imagining your poor Sophia thinking she'll be a toothless adult! lol! Hysterical... Glad you all got to the bottom of it!
Thanks for the laughs. :)
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