already?

Gavin turned 5 just before Christmas. The very next day, he came into the kitchen saying that his tooth was loose. I didn't believe it, until Scott tried to wiggle it and said that, sure enough, it was loose! I wiggled it myself, and then immediately burst into tears. Already? A loose tooth?

Sometime in the next day or two, I looked into Gavin's mouth at his teeth and noticed that his big boy adult teeth (yes, plural, there were two!) were growing in behind his bottom two teeth. And yes, the other bottom tooth was also wiggly. Holy growing up fast, batman!

Wednesday of this week, Gavin's loosest tooth was super wiggly. Overnight, apparently, it decided it was time, because his tooth fell out in his sleep. Luckily, Scott was able to find the tiny little thing somewhere in the tangle of Gavin's sheets and blankets in the top bunk bed. He put his tooth in the little green tooth chest the dentist gave him just over a week ago and waited through the day patiently to put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy that night.

Last night, the other tooth was barely hanging on. Worried about it also falling out in bed, Scott talked Gavin into letting him yank it out with dental floss. While we were on Skype with Grammy, Scott tied a bit of floss around the tooth and YANK! Nothing. The tooth hung on, the stubborn thing. They decided to try it again, since Gavin is super brave, and YANK! The tooth came out! G said it didn't hurt at all :)

The toothless wonder:

(picture coming soon! I just have to get it off my phone....)