Monet's Lucky Injury

Monet is one of those kids who got her baby teeth really late. So it isn't so surprising that she's had to wait longer than most of her classmates to lose her teeth. At 8.5 years old, she's only lost four, and apparently that is just not enough. So she is extremely anxious when she finds a new wiggly tooth. She's been working on one of them for a couple months, but the darn thing just didn't want to come out despite her best efforts involving string, door slamming, and all kinds of other tricks she'd heard about.

So last Sunday, she accidently hit her mouth on Simone's head. Jared ran into the her room as soon as he heard her crying, but said that she was half crying/half smiling. A different tooth that wasn't even loose got knocked almost all the way out. She was hurt, but very happy at the same time! Elise pulled the dangling tooth out. And five minutes later, I pulled the loose one out.

She was a VERY happy kid to have two teeth to leave for the tooth fairy in one day. This is a girl who LOVES money.

Before: (pointing to the loose one)

After: