Ready for the Tooth Fairy

Conall woke me up a little before 6 a.m. this morning. "Mommy, mommy, I pulled my tooth out!" I soon learned he had already put it under his pillow in hopes the Tooth Fairy would come. I had to explain that we needed to wait until he went to bed tonight for the Tooth Fairy to come.

Then, he took me in to see the tooth under his pillow and at first couldn't find it. Conall started to panic, but we soon found it. I explained that it would be best if we put it in a special container (I have one) to put under his pillow so that it didn't fall under the bed or anything before the Tooth Fairy came. Whew!

Conall was so excited and couldn't wait to show his teacher and all of the kids at school. Unfortunately, they weren't as excited as he was -- Conall has a "shark" tooth directly behind the gap where his baby tooth was. Some of the kids teased him and told him he hadn't lost his tooth since there was one already there.

Anyway, Conall is in bed now with the tooth safely in its container under his pillow. We'll see how he does in the morning after the Tooth Fairy's visit.

It is really hard to see -- but this is the best pic we could get -- Conall was so excited he couldn't hold still

First Loose Tooth!

Conall has his first loose tooth! He discovered it at school yesterday and worried his teacher and the whole class most of the day.  Although he has had friends with loose teeth and we had warned him that this would happen, he was freaked out. By the end of the day Conall had calmed down a bit and went from frightened to excited.

Conall can't leave the thing alone! He is constantly sticking his finger in his mouth feeling of it and if he isn't doing that, then he is wiggling it with his tongue. He also has an adult tooth behind it that is more than halfway through the gumline and clearly visible. We looked this up last night and found out that some kids get their teeth this way and the second, adult set is called "shark teeth."

Go figure, Conall with shark teeth. Ssh! Don't tell him -- I don't want his head inflated by how cool he thinks that is.

I don't think you can see it -- but here's our picture of the loose tooth and the "shark" tooth