I had a volunteer meeting tonight… I got back and DH had a worried look on his face and said in a weird voice that something happened… both kids were running around when I walked in so I didn’t know at all what to expect and Simon just said that I had to go see something…. I walked into the bathroom where he was and he put Xavier on the counter… Xavier smiled showing a big gap… Just after I had left he was playing and fell and had knocked his tooth out… … Dh called the CLSC (nurses line) and we have to make an appt at the Dentist tommorow.. Simon said that he didn’t bleed much andhe did a great job at making him feel OK about the loss… (really proud of the way that he handled things)
I am wondering a bit what to expect… His gum is pretty knocked up and bruised and the space was already pretty small and his other tooth is a bit wobboly (both front teeth have been wobboly for a while) I know that thus is a bit petty… but I am really mourning his smile …
I felt all shook up when Maia knocked out her tooth. I kept telling myself that it was only a baby tooth, but I, too, mourned her smile. I felt like a bad parent on display for a while. I was so worried that she would become self-conscious about it, but two years later, she still doesn’t seem to think of it, and I’ve grown accustomed to how she looks without the tooth.
it has only been a week now but I am already used to seeing him smile… When it happened I went to your Flickr page and showed him pics of Maia… he thought it was cool…
He is really proud of his lost tooth and loves to show it off too 🙂