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BIG NEWS! Our girl lost her first tooth today! Hurray. We are all so excited and proud and a little bit sad (but that’s probably just me).

In true form, there was much drama surrounding this tooth. It has been loose for a few weeks now and has been the subject of much discussion, wiggling and prodding. Last week her poor little tooth began to hurt. We thought it was maybe a result of the daily abuse it was suffering and suggested that our lovely daughter leave it the heck alone for even a few minutes. Then a couple of days ago, I noticed a small lump forming behind the loose tooth. I figured that it was just the adult tooth moving up and told her that her big tooth might come in before she lost the baby one just like her big brother’s first tooth had done. That her teeth would follow the same pattern as her big, very admired (most days) brother was cause for much celebration!

Yesterday when she bit into an apple she yelped in pain and began to cry quite earnestly. I examined her tooth closely and was more than a little disturbed to see what I thought looked a lot like puss (yes, puss), oozing out around the base of her tooth. YUCK! We kept an eye on the tooth and when I checked this morning there was an enormous lump behind her tooth and a veritable river of puss (OK, I exaggerate but just a bit) coming from her gums. Needless to say, I was on the phone with the dentist a few minutes later. This afternoon when the dentist looked in her mouth he exclaimed, “Oh, my! What a lot of puss!”. It turns out she somehow developed an acute infection underneath her loose tooth. GROSS! Since it was already loose and she is as brave as any lion I’ve ever known, the easiest course of action was to remove the offending tooth. Some sleepy gel, 2 needles (that she didn’t even flinch at) and a little wiggling from the dentist’s tools and her tooth was out! Very helpfully, the dentist suggested that the tooth fairy would probably leave her something extra because she was so brave. He’s good that way- always looking out for the best interest of his patients!

All the drama fit our girl. A rare infection is just her style! We’re just hoping that the rest of her teeth come out on their own or it’s going to be an expensive undertaking!

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