and whined at me, and we ended up making an appointment to get it pulled by the dentist so the adult tooth could come up into its proper place. We figured it probably had too much root to pull, but it was fairly loose, so I kept trying. Thursday night at bedtime I realized the shark tooth was now securing the baby tooth in place more, tightening things up instead of the tooth getting looser. Mckayla didn't react to my pushing on the tooth that night, so I pushed hard to one side and then to the other only to hear a distinct tear sound as the tooth loosened and came forward quite a bit. At that point she started to bleed - and cry, but we knew we needed to get the tooth out once it was that loose. After a few tries it came out! At which point I felt like a bully since half of the tooth was still root and it was probably in there pretty securely.
But, it was out! She had a bit of a hole left, but of course the adult tooth is already coming forward and she just looks like any other kid with a gap now. That's so strange to me though, where she isn't even in school yet and that gap is such a big kid look to me...
Now, just a few days later, I'm not even going to bother canceling her dentist appointment. The other bottom, front tooth right next to it is coming through behind the baby tooth too! This tooth is barely loose, and now having teeth all around it on three sides, I have little hope of getting it out before the 21st. (The dentist was booked a few weeks out for non-emergencies.) We'll keep on it, but one way or another, in the next couple of weeks MG will have no bottom front teeth.
She also has one of her top front teeth loose, and is getting two molars on the bottom. Once our kids start getting teeth, they don't stop for a while. The Tooth Fairy is going to know our house well in the coming weeks and months...
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