Jacob's First Lost Tooth

About 18 months ago Jacob fell walking through the kitchen and hit his mouth on a dog bowl.  His tooth bled a lot and the dentist told us that odds were high that his tooth would turn grey.  He also gave us some things to look for to tell if he has an infection.

We took him to the dentist every six months after and the dentist was starting to feel very confident last August.  Yes, his tooth was grey but no abscess or other sign of infection.  Well, come January he had his next regular checkup and sure enough they found he had developed an abscess high up on his gum over his injured tooth.

Jacob let his dentist take some xrays and sure enough he had developed quite the infection.  The advice was to take the tooth out as quickly as possible.  So, the next day, Jacob went in to get his tooth pulled.

Before we went I took a few pictures of him because I wanted some last shots of him with all of his baby teeth.  

Adam and I went to the appointment with Jacob.  We figured that with as queasy as we both get at the dentist, we should work together to help soothe Jacob.  When we got there though the dental assistant asked us to just let her take Jacob and wait in the lobby.  He was not happy and left in her arms crying.  We got a report back a little later that he was perfectly happy.  They turned on cartoons and gave him some nitrous oxide and all was great.

Afterwards he was in some pain and was for a few days.  But below is a picture of him waiting in the car at school pickup.  He was excited to show off his missing tooth to Tyler.  And Kevin and Tyler were anxious to see if the tooth fairy would come (the dentist gave us back his tooth in a small treasure chest).  Sure enough, the tooth fairy did visit him.  He didn't get money because he is to small (which Tyler thought made sense) and got two rolls of Smartie candies (which all three boys thought was awesome).

It's now been a week and he is doing much better.  He had a few rough nights of pain but actually slept through the night the last two nights!!  And he loves telling you about how he has lost a tooth and the tooth fairy came.