Toothless!!

I have learned as a parent that loosing teeth is an important Right of Passage.  I had forgotten how important this is, and it is especially important for a boy he wants to grow up way too fast.  Caleb has been devastated that he has not lost any teeth.  Making it through Kindergarten and First Grade without loosing a tooth was tough! 

 

On our trip to Sea World, Caleb discovered his first loose tooth!  It was an exciting moment!  However, in spite of all our wiggling, the tooth was not coming out, but the adult tooth was coming in.  So we decided to ask the dentist what to do and it was suggested that we get it pulled out.

Quite the process to get this little tooth pulled out!  He was so brave though.

The dentist encouraged me to video tape the big event, so of course I did!

Finally Toothless!!  So excited! 

But you can see that adult tooth sneaking in.  

And the first visit from the Tooth Fairy! 
Man the Tooth Fairy is much more generous now days!

The only problem we encountered is that the tooth next door was also wiggly and the dentist warned us that the tooth needed to be removed soon.  Another adult tooth was about to emerge.  Sadly the dentist wouldn't pull it for us.  So we tried and tried but it wouldn't come out. 

Fortunately we have a dentist in our ward and he was kind enough to help us out.  Thank goodness!

This little guy still had a good root attached and it would have been tough to remove.

Two Toothless!!

Finally two teeth gone but the adult teeth sure have been creeping in fast!

Thank goodness Caleb lost 2 teeth before he turned 7! 

It would have been socially unacceptable to turn 7 without losing any teeth.