Another milestone achieved! Ryan lost her first (and second!) tooth. The first one had been loose for over six weeks but Ryan was reluctant to help it along by wiggling it. I'm not sure if she was scared of losing the tooth or losing the moniker "Girl Who Hadn't Lost a Tooth Yet". Whatever the reason, nature overpowered Ryan's resistance and the tooth came out on Valentine's Day, 2011. The actual separation of tooth from mouth was fairly anticlimactic. Ryan stood up from the dinner table and announced "my tooth came out" with a slightly puzzled expression on her face as she looked into her cupped hand at the tooth. My reaction was similar, a bit shocked, mostly because I'd come to expect it would never come out. While rinsing out her mouth, I noticed that the tooth next to the now missing one was very loose as well. I offered to help it along right then and there but Ryan insisted on letting it run it's course.
After dropping the girls at school the next morning, I received a phone call from a mom friend of mine who said she saw Ryan running towards her classroom yelling "I lost my tooth, I lost my tooth" so I knew right away the second one had came out. Unfortunately, the lost tooth was actually lost, it fell out of her hands somewhere between the playground and the classroom as she ran back to tell her teacher. Have no fear though, Mrs. Brewer has the tooth fairy's email address and quickly shot her a note explaining that Ryan really did lose a second tooth even if she wouldn't find it under her pillow that night. Just to be sure, Ryan wrote a note and put it under her pillow that read "Dear Tooth Fairy, I lost my tooth, what should I do? Love Ryan." I'm happy to report the tooth fairy showed up, dropped off $3 and a return note reading "kids lose teeth all the time" signed with a poorly drawn butterfly. (Insert quizzical look here)
Sam has been wiggling her teeth now, willing one to come loose.
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