Especially when that relative is his grandmother?
His tooth was so loose, moving from side to side, up and down, even turning around. Yet he was taking care of it. Chewing only on the sides of his mouth. Listening to, but not actualizing any of the advice on how to get the tooth to come out.
I told him he could have one bite on my finger. Just one.
His glee was so great that he didn't even know his tooth had come out when he chomped down.
How lucky was that for him. A painless extraction.
And how lucky for me ... that the tooth did come out.
Arta
One of the unexpected pleasures of picking up a Kindergarten boy is seeing his classmates mouths in a new light. I look to see if the others have lost any teeth? the same teeth as him? how many teeth?
ReplyDeleteThey all take great pride in showign off their partially toothless grins. Tooth extraction stories are told with pride. And one of David's friends lost a tooth during snack time at school. I couldn't help but want to run out and tell all the parents before they heard from someone else.