Abby's tooth

About a month ago we made our bi-annual trip to the dentist. Abby and Brooklyn have a slight aversion to the dentist (probably because my "go brush your teeth" screech echoes in their minds as well as the never fail threat " Do you want a shot? In the mouth??...." ) but it generally turns out well for us.

And everything was fine this go around too. Yippeee!

But we found out some exciting news. Abby has her first loose tooth! We had no idea. It was just slightly loose but the technician thought she would lose it by the end of summer. Enter Abby wiggling the heck out of it day and night. How fun! How exciting!

Or at least it was. Until the tooth got super duper loose. And now Abby is rethinking losing that tooth. In fact, there really isn't anything exciting about it anymore (she was a sobbing mess last night about it). She might really need that tooth. And it doesn't seem natural to have a hole in your mouth. I don't blame her.

No one is allowed to touch that tooth anymore. If you want to know if it's gotten any looser you can watch it wiggle from a safe distance. I'm not sure if she'll ever lose it now. One quick bite of an apple and it would be gone. A glancing blow from Jace would take care of it. A little nudge from her tongue would send it flying.

But Abby has learned the art of keeping that tooth in. Only time will tell how long you can actually keep a tooth that's on its way out. I guess we'll just wait and see. We certainly won't be pulling it out..... Heaven forbid.