So Amy’s first day at school went very well. She played in the water, found a dead butterfly in the playground, and made cherry buns out of play-doh.
It also appears that the bittersweet realization that Amy is growing up had obviously not been hammered hard enough into our conciseness quite yet. Why else would fate land us another body blow if not to reinforce the significance of today.
This evening as Amy was brushing her teeth she noticed a little wobble. A loose tooth. Probing it with her finger she discovered that she could flap it around like a T-shirt on a washing line. This caused Kerry to shriek in horror and run from the room completely freaked out.
My wife has a phobia of loose teeth. Who knew.
We weren’t expecting this. And more to the point we hadn’t prepared Amy for this. She became very upset, telling us, quite reasonably, that she didn’t want new teeth because she was quite happy with the ones she has now.
She also got very worried about the tooth fairy. For some reason Amy is convinced that she doesn’t sleep at night – she is adamant that she just goes to bed and waits there until morning. A theory that is very difficult for us to disprove: “Hey Amy wake up. Wake up! WAKE UP! WAKE… Ah, ok. Hello. Just wanted to tell you that you were sleeping”.
So if she doesn’t sleep, how is the tooth fairy going to leave her money under the pillow? We finally settled on writing a letter to the tooth fairy and asking her to leave the cash downstairs instead. Or even better, perhaps she could set up some sort of direct debit system.
Is it me, or does four (ok, nearly five) years old seems a little early to start loosing baby teeth to you? We certainly hadn’t started thinking of it as an imminent possibility. Isn’t there some way that we can slow down this growing up business? Things are moving too fast damnit!
Anyone got a slow motion button or something?
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on Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
(And she looks MILES older than in the last pics you had!)
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on Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 12:51 am
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 2:28 am
Dan and Kerry, I simply cannot believe how grown up she looks!
Don’t worry about the tooth. Allie also lost her first tooth before she was five and the dentist said while she was early, that was still within the normal range.
Great thinking about the tooth fairy and downstairs–take it from the one who has, for about 8 teeth now, reached under the pillow of the sleeping child.
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 2:29 am
Teeth are odd. I wouldn’t worry about it.
Oh if you find that remote let me know k?
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 am
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 7:19 am
The next morning she gleefully showed us the £1, and then showed us the tooth telling us that the silly tooth fairy had forgotten to take it and she was going to put it under the pillow again tonight.
Three nights running that happened until I left a note from the tooth fairy written with my left hand asking if Amanda would mind leaving the tooth in a little box by the side of the bed, box provided herein for the purpose.
We paid out for far more teeth than she had in her own head, I’m sure that some of them were play-doh ones.
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 7:44 am
Camikaos – Perhaps she needs to run into a a few walls or something
VegasDad – Some of us older than others eh Greg and Deb?
Deb – Thanks for letting us know about Aliie’s teeth. We were considering just checking with the dentist today, but we don’t need to now.
Nat – I’m planning on looking behind the sofa for the remote. that’s where all our other ones seem to end up.
James – Only if she promises to buy Batman lego with it.
Gary – Play-doh teeth eh? I wonder if that would still work for me.
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 am
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 8:56 am
It seems ages since I lost my teeth, although a couple of weeks back one tooth moved around just a little, but I bet that’s just because of my bad dental condition or something.
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Your daughter is adorable!
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 2:47 pm
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Allie (at 8 1/2 years old now) just lost her first molar and she got the same payment as other teeth, $1.00. I don’t think she really believes in the tooth fairy anymore, but she humors us for the cash. Same with Santa Claus—
I’m waiting for her to lose her first molar on the other side. That’s the one with the filling in it!
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pm
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I forgot to say the other day as well, her school sounds wicked. :D
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
On a side note, the tooth fairy Chez Penelope is a bit rubbish and forgets a LOT! I think she drinks too much wine ;o)
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Arjan – I have a reoccuring dream where all my teeth turn to mush. It isn’t very pleasent.
O’Mamma – I can’t remember when I worked out the tooth fairy wasn’t real. i think I was about 22.
Apathy lounge – I didn’t realise that teeth were paid for according to weight. No wonder you never see a rich llama.
Deb – That will be interesting. When you get your hands on it you can see if you can dig out the filling with a safety pin.
Jeff – The kids at your children’s kindergarden had paper teeth? And they talk about British teeth being bad!
Jo – To be honest I have no idea when she got her baby teeth. If only i was blogging back then.
Penelope – I’m guessing that santa and the easter bunny are borderline alcoholics too.
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Just out of interest how much does the tooth fairy pay these days?
Hope Amy has a fab day at school tomorrow too.
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
I have no idea how much the tooth fairy pays, I was wondering myself. I’m thinking £2?
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Yeah, I think the whole direct deposit thing for the Tooth Fairy is a brilliant idea! Instead of leaving money, should could mail the deposit slip… Genius.
LA Toddler is four and a half and not a loose tooth in sight. But every kid is different.
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on Sep 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Amy looks so grown-up in the photo – glad she had a good first day. Lydia starts next week – how time flies.
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on Sep 4th, 2008 at 1:23 am
The Champ started losing his teeth around then. I think its no big deal
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on Sep 4th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Rachael – Chocolate money sounds pretty good to me.
Above Average Joe – Thank you:) It seems children of bloggers either start losing their teeth early or late. Perhaps there is a study in it somewhere.
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on Sep 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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on Sep 5th, 2008 at 6:23 am
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