Thursday, November 13, 2008

Another lost tooth!!!

So, daily Libby checks her teeth to see which ones may be loose. Her two top teeth have been a little wiggly for the past week and on Tuesday a bottom tooth started being wiggly. Yesterday that sucker was really wiggly. Today when I picked up her up from daycare she opened her mouth and her tooth was all crazy and poking almost sideways. I nearly threw up! :-) I knew that the sucker had to come out but just the thought of it made me light headed. Her tooth was so wiggly that she could barely speak because every time she'd open her mouth her tooth would move and it would pinch her lip and she said it was really hurting. She couldn't eat anything (not even bread!!) so I knew I had to do something. I had this elaborate plan on the way home that I'd put some ice on it and then I'd give her some pain medication and then I'd wait for Ryan to pull it out. :-) We got home and she couldn't wait any longer. She was in serious pain and crying. As soon as we got home she went to the kitchen and got a paper towel and said that it was time to pull her tooth. I started freaking out and I got another paper towel and wet it and told her to go in to the bathroom. She sat down and I squatted in front of her and looked at her tooth and stood up and told her that I just couldn't do it. She looks up at me and said, "You can do it, Mommy!" Oh geez. I slowly took the paper towel and put it over her tooth and without any amount pressure at all I lifted my hand with the paper towel and her tooth was in the paper towel!! After I was sure that I wasn't going to throw up I was very excited. She immediately stood up and said, "It doesn't hurt any more!" and she walked over and started eating immediately. :-) After that she told me that I really was a doctor. :-) I know that as her mom I am supposed to be able to handle all that stuff but I can't! I just hope that she never has anything worse than a loose tooth or I may end up passed out on the floor! :-)

1 comment:

Kristina Muzzey said...

Girl, you are WAY more superhero than me. You are a mom! Mom's do it all, doctor (and nurse), tucker inner, hugger, kisser, baker, costume maker, class room helper (that one is huge! How can you stand being cooped up in room with 20 some odd 1st graders?) tennis ball retrieval girl, candy apple dunker, fashion designer, etc. Really the list could go on. I will admit there is some stuff that I find hard to handle. Not like the gross-blood and guts type stuff, but there is stuff that makes me want to cry. You inspire me.