So, that fairy of the teeth came by last night, and once again I reminded JAM that she has a difficult time getting all the way up to the top bunk and lifting his giant head off the pillow, so the tooth was set out for her on the little bookshelf next to the bed. When he saw the specially-folded dollar bill in its place this morning, he gave me a big hug with an enthusiastic thank you.
Me: "Why are you thanking me?"
JAM: "For the dollar, thanks!"
Me: "That's the tooth fairy, not me, man."
JAM: "Yeah, right. I know it's you, Mom."
Me: "What do you mean? Just yesterday you told me that you sorta believed in the tooth fairy."
JAM: "Yeah, I don't. I know it's just you."
Me: "Why did you say that yesterday then?"
JAM: (not sheepishly enough, in my opinion) "Uh, I just wanted some money."
Me: (biggest laugh of the day) "Well, guess what, buddy? That contract is only good for the front 8 teeth, so you got 2 more left."
And one final note about the whole teeth topic. In an email exchange with Samsmama after the first post, I realized that I really didn't know if kids lose ALL their teeth. My gut told me, of course they do, but then again, I have no memory whatsoever of the experience myself. How the heck could I forget big old teeth from the back of my mouth getting loose and coming out of my head?! Seriously. Samsmama reassured me that yes, all those teeth do come out, so I guess I'm just crazy... but she also planted the seed for this little idea of mine. Not only is this bloggable material (man, the standards must be lowering by the second!), but it is fodder for the very first ever MTE survey! I don't exactly know what this means, but it seems appropriate here-- WOOT!
If you're so inclined, pop over to the sidebar there, and give a little click on the answer that's most applicable to your teething experience.
Chomping at the bit to see your answers,
"Chomping at the bit" was a nice touch! And I'm glad I'm not the only mother to refer to their child's head as "huge". In fact, we nicknamed Sam "Big 90" for being in the 90th percentile for head size. We're so proud.
ReplyDeleteMan, JAM has the system DOWN! Well played, little man.
Very funny and timely tooth posts. Noah has still not lost any teeth and he is starting to get stressed out about it. Seriously it's a daily topic of conversation. Personally, I am not looking forward to it. I get a little weirded out by the whole wobbly tooth thing.
ReplyDeleteIn case you want to cheat...I was curious since I thought I knew the answer (I did):
ReplyDeletehttp://www.webmd.com/oral-health/tc/basic-dental-care-infants-and-children
Oh, I'm still waiting for that conversation with Vicky, although now you got me thinking that maybe she's 'faking' her belief to get the money..... :-) It's so funny because we had the tooth fairy visit last night as well.
ReplyDeleteM- I don't have your email address, and I don't know if you'll see this, but I wanted to say congrats to Victoria! We miss you here in MD!
ReplyDeleteDid you ever see this post on our blog http://blog.hebers.org/2008/07/tooth-fairy? You might enjoy it. I got a kick out of your experience. (the post follows one about pulling teeth. I hate the whole pulling teeth phase. gross!)
ReplyDeleteokay so maybe i will look like an idiot, but i don't have time to Google right now- but I don't think you lose your molars?
ReplyDeleteWait, the tooth fairy STOPS after a certain number of teeth? How did I NOT KNOW THIS? CRAP.
ReplyDeleteNicely done. I wonder if the same issue happens with Santa.
ReplyDeleteBUT I will say that one of the best things of blogging is figuring out how things should work -- or don't work -- so I can learn from others' experiences!