Losing a tooth a little early

The toothless grin!

On Friday February 24th Jade knocked one of her front teeth out.  It was the one that had been chipped at about 15 months.  She dashed into the kitchen to see the daycare attendant, bounced off of her leg, missed the table with her hands and caught her lip and tooth on the edge.  Apparently there was a LOT of blood and very little crying.  The attendant ran her to the bathroom and looked at her mouth, the tooth was sticking straight out and when it was touched fell out.  Luckily the entire tooth came out, root and all. 

Five minutes later all was fine in Jade's mind and she wanted her post-nap snack.  She got a special treat - grapes and cheese.  Wade was on his way to pick her up and missed the daycare calling to tell us what happened, when he arrived Jade was happily watching a little Dora and the attendant was still shaking.

Arriving home a little later with the big brother mom was a little traumatized too!  But half a dozen phone calls to doctors and dentist (takes a bit to reach people on Friday afternoon), the dentist kindly told me they don't do much for baby teeth, but he would look at it if I liked.  He asked if she was hurting (which she didn't appear to be) and told me Motrin before bed was a good idea, then he said, "This is probably going to bother you much worse than her."  Such true words! 

The picture above was the best one showing the new gap, which is actually difficult to take a picture of - wonders never cease :)