Gracie is six-and-a-half years old, and probably the last of her same-aged peers to have baby teeth held firmly in place. She's waited and wiggled for so long that we wondered if spontaneous tooth loss would ever happen for her, or if the dentist would have to get the ball rolling. Fortunately, no intervention is necessary -- tonight, Gracie lost her very first tooth!
As she brushed Saturday morning, Gracie noticed that she had a "wobbly" tooth. For days, she wiggled it with her finger and pushed it with her tongue. She let me touch it a few times, and even invited strangers to check it out, but she wouldn't let her Daddy pull it for anything. She was scared of the potential pain and/or bleeding. So the tooth remained until today when, after eating crispy-crusted pizza for dinner, she squealed, "My tooth fell out in my hand!"
No pain, minimal blood, and money to come -- with a first lost premium. ($5!) To quote Gracie, "It'th like getting my very firsth Christhmasth gift!"
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Gracie'th Firsth Christhmasth Gift
Posted by Amanda at 9:52 PM
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Congratulations. Tell her she's not the oldest. Daxton was in May of his first grade year and 7 1/2.
That is great!
Rachel is 6-1/3 years old and is no where close to having her first loose one.
Wow, 7-1/2 years for Daxton, that is amazing - maybe Rachel will break his record!
How sweet! We have the first tooth premium too ... started because of parental guilt over Elijah's first loss at age 2. :>
Yeah, Gracie!!! Harrison has one that he is currently wiggling & jiggling too. It's so cute!
Just wait until she loses the top 2, she won't be able to say anything!
Caleb (6 1/2) just lost his fourth- all on the bottom. My neice who is 7 still doesn't even have one loose. It's driving her crazy. Funny how they all lose teeth at different times! Congrats to Gracie!