The Toothless Wonder

It has been a long time waiting (at least it felt that way), but Emily's tooth finally came out yesterday. Well, with a little help from Daddy. It had been just hanging on - literally -for days and days. We had gotten down to where her lunches were coming home uneaten because it hurt to eat. Then on Saturday afternoon she couldn't even eat Spaghettios because it hurt her tooth. That was when Daddy decided to take action.

It really didn't take much and the drama was over quickly. He just wanted to "see how wiggly it is" and they agreed that Emily would put her hand up if it hurt and Daddy would stop. There seems to be some confusion as to whether or not the hand went up. Daddy didn't see it.

However, the tooth fairy was very generous due to the extraction methods. She takes that into consideration, you know.

So far Emily has lost 5 teeth and only 2 permanent teeth have come in and she has another wiggly one on the bottom. She is a bit slim when it comes to teeth. We are having fun asking her to say things requiring the use of her front two teeth although I don't think she is finding it as funny as we are.

This morning I challenged her to eat an apple. I was just kidding her, but she was pretty incredulous that she could do it and do it she did. She didn't get the entire thing down, but she ate way more than I ever thought that she would.