The Tooth Fairy

My little man survived his trip to the dentist! And when we got there one of the teeth that was supposed to get pulled was already loose! SAHweet!!! So he just got two teeth pulled on the bottom and now the dentist wants to wait until at least February for the next two in line instead of pulling them next month! Keep your fingers crossed!

He was such a trooper in that chair yesterday - let me just tell you what a proud mama I am! I think I was more faint watching them use all those medevil tools on my baby's mouth than he was for the entire process. He said the shots hurt and I just held his hand and rubbed his leg (yes I was right beside him for the ENTIRE procedure) and then once those numbed up his mouth and we were joking about him drooling all over his chin he never felt another thing. He was very calm and I was so proud I actually started tearing up when he wasn't looking....

For those of you that know me and my fear of the dentist you know how very hard it was for me to be in that room and talk to TJ in a normal voice the entire time, keeping his mind on other things. But as a Mom there are just certain things you need to do for your kids, and yesterday was one of those days... I think even the dentist knew - he turned to me at the end and said what a good "coach" I was - whew!!!!! Thank goodness that's over!

The "Tooth Fairy" visited last night and left a little something extra for the trauma he had to endure for those teeth - my poor baby!!!! And those teeth are now sitting in my top drawer as a reminder how big he's getting and what a milestone this was in his life. Now the big decision comes this morning when he has to choose what to buy at Toys-R-Us with that hard-earned cash!