First Wiggly Tooth

Josie's been very happy for the few friends who have had wiggly teeth recently. She's heard stories of putting teeth under your pillow at night to find "shiny huge quarters" in the morning. She's been imagining loose teeth in her mouth for weeks but for the first time, she finally has a LEGITIMATE loose tooth! She squealed with delight after brushing her teeth on Thursday when she discovered that she could wiggle that little tooth with her finger. She ran to tell Marilyn, who was staying with us, and then had to call her daddy on the phone to share the excitement with him, too.

Once again, my video skills are worse than poor, but this is still a keeper clip:



Shortly after making the video, Josie began to wonder what it might feel like if she lost a tooth. She burst into tears and was inconsolable at the thought of a tooth falling out of her mouth. She pretty much cried herself to sleep even with all of my reassurance that it really won't hurt and it probably won't even bleed.

Fortunately, when she woke up Friday morning, the excitement had returned and she quickly looked under her pillow to see if the Tooth Fairy had delivered any of those "shiny huge quarters". I explained that she'd actually have to lose the tooth before the Tooth Fairy would visit. Stay tuned...hoping to get some photos of a gap-toothed Josie grin in the next few weeks!