Ian's First Tooth

Ian finally lost his first tooth!!! I know it's hard to tell isn't it...bottom row center. The reason it is hard to tell is because Ian refused to mess with it, and by the time it fell out his big tooth was already fully in place behind it.

For days it held on and he refused to mess with it. We had an ongoing joke about pulling it out while he slept. We even told him that the tooth fairy gives double payment for teeth lost on weekends, and threatened that the tooth fairy gives only half price for poop tainted teeth and that he'd have to sport the gloves and sift for the evidence when it appeared on the other end. Nothing swayed Ian to touch the tooth. He claimed that he could loosen it with his tongue.

Well, then one morning Ian got up and Daddy asked to see his tooth. Low and behold it was missing!! Ian didn't believe Daddy at first so he ran to ask me. I confirmed that it was missing. Ian then ran down to check his bed. I warned him to be VERY careful and to not shift his sheets around a lot for he'd definitely lose the little sucker. He found it perfectly placed on his pillow. He was so proud!!

Later when asked by a friend what the tooth fairy gave him for it he responded, "Only five bucks!" She said, "Wow, inflation!"