Finally!

Abby has been very slow when it comes to losing her teeth. By the time Alex finished second grade, he'd lost all of his eight front baby teeth. We are down to the last week of school, and Abby is no where near this progress. She lost her bottom front two quite awhile back, but the other teeth were showing no signs of leaving anytime soon. When her front top two teeth started to get slightly loose, I was kind of excited to see her lose a couple more. This was several months ago. I still attribute this to her thumb sucking habit. Over the weekend, she had snaggle-tooth syndrome. One tooth was hanging on by a thread and she wouldn't let me pull it for love nor money. And believe me, I bribed her several times. The other tooth, though loose, was just about a third as loose as the snaggletooth.

While eating their lunch, Abby had apparently bit down on her chicken quesadilla and hurt the NOT snaggletooth. I hear Alex run in to my room yelling, "Mom! Abby lost her tooth!" I automatically assumed the snaggletooth was the casualty. Boy, was I wrong! Apparently when she bit on her food, the unloose tooth started bleeding and Abby showed Alex by tapping on it. One good tap and out it popped! This, of course, leaving the snaggletooth to continue hanging on desperately. When the bleeding stopped from tooth number one, I told Abby I could "magic trick" the other tooth out without any pain. Magic trick = pulling with a frozen wash rag. One small tug later and out popped tooth casualty number two. Abby is now toothless and loving it. She actually decided that it was time to stop sucking her thumb because it feels awkward. I sure hope it sticks!