Losing His First Tooth

And as if Monday wasn’t enough of a milestone, my six-year-old lost his first tooth, too. He was ecstatic, jumping around and yelling, “My tooth came out!! My tooth came out!”

Only, instead of a bleeding gap, something was in the hole. I’m not sure if it’s a piece of the baby tooth root or the permanent tooth, but it was grayish in color. Very odd. The baby tooth was hollow, which surprised me. I didn’t remember them being that way, but I could be wrong.

The next day it looked better, so I’m thinking that the permanent tooth was so close to the surface, it pushed the baby tooth out. My boy got up and yelled, “The tooth fairy left me a whole dollar!!”

Ah, inflation. How much did you get from the tooth fairy as a child? For me, it was a quarter.