Bye-Bye Tooth

This is one of those years...one of those years that I am saying good bye to more and more things that I will never experience again as a mom.

Recently, my baby lost her first tooth.

Taryn came home from school one day to tell me her tooth was loose.  For two years she's been telling me she has loose teeth...always about the same time her brother was losing one. So this time I, again, didn't think anything of it.  But she kept begging me, "Wiggle it, Mom.  Come on, wiggle it."  So I thought I would humor her and put my fingers in her mouth -- and it MOVED!   I have to tell you, my heart literally fell.  I just couldn't believe it.  Last I remember she was slobbering all over breaking in those baby teeth and now those teeth are falling out!

When Paige was in Kindergarten and lost many teeth, it never even occured to me to feel that she was too young to lose teeth.  I had two other little ones at the time -- and she was my "big" girl.  Makes me wonder how much different I must treat Taryn at this age, then I treated Paige.

Well after 3 weeks of drama over this loose tooth, it finally fell out at school.  I was absolutely fine with her losing it at school -- I am terribly squemish about these kind of things.  Some of my friends LOVE to pull their kids teeth out.  I can't stand it -- I can't even stand looking at the thing hanging there. Anyway -- that's probably the reason her tooth held on stubbornly for 3 weeks -- I wasn't going to help loosen it any.

She was very proud as she came home with a special "tooth" card and her tooth in a baggie.  She couldn't wait to put it under her pillow and collect her dues from the tooth fairy.  She at least kept track of her tooth.  Carter seems to misplace his -- the last three times he's lost a tooth he's had to put a note under his pillow rather than the actual tooth.  His last note said "I don't know why I can't ever find my teeth.  Could you please give me $5.00?"  -- Yeah, right -- Our tooth fairy isn't that genrous!

So I say good-bye to Taryn's baby teeth...I wonder what little thing will hit me next as these kids of mine continue to grow...