Hole in His Smile

Our little guy lost his first tooth! He worked on it for about 2 weeks to get it really loose. Of course, since I love pulling teeth I kept testing it to see if it was ready. Each time I had to promise that I wouldn't try to pull it. He was scared it would hurt.

Before

 It finally got very loose and I was surprised that Jacob agreed to let me try to pull it. I got a tissue, grabbed it around the tooth, and pulled. Commence scream and angry look...but no tooth. He wiggled it a bit more and miraculously wanted me to try again. This time I pulled it out and he whimpered a little. He didn't realize I had pulled it and he tried to wiggle it with his tongue, all the while getting blood all over his mouth. When he finally realized it was out he was very excited and wanted to examine the tooth. His excitement was short lived as he realized he was bleeding. As he panicked, we helped him get the bleeding under control. Luckily he calmed down and was able to enjoy looking in the mirror and poking his tongue through his new hole.

Awww! Look at this cutie!

Tiny tooth!

Jacob put his tooth in a little fleur-de-lis satchel and put it under his pillow before bed. Of course it would have to be a Sunday night and I was out of cash. I had to raid our Disney World change jar for $2. The tooth fairy did a great job of sneaking the satchel out and putting it back under his pillow with the coins in it. When Jacob woke this morning he completely forgot about the tooth fairy and had to be reminded. He was sooo excited to finally be able to say the tooth fairy came to visit him. Now, we have a whole mouthful of teeth to go. Luckily we just have one mouth ;)