"We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within."
--Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man


Saturday, February 19, 2011

Oliver's Missing Teeth






So, Oliver was the last person in his class to lose teeth. He's had loose teeth since October but he refuses to wiggle them. So, we had to have his first loose tooth pulled by the dentist in January. It was such a graceful procedure...they gave him "sleepy water" and pulled the tooth and then prizes galore! He got chicken noodle soup, pudding, a treasure chest for his tooth, stickers, coupons for free hamburgers and a sticker. He was in 7th heaven and said he wanted all of his teeth pulled by the dentist from now on. Well...he seems to have a bit of my side of the family in him as he has many loose teeth, but a tight mouth so the permanent teeth are growing in behind the loose teeth and since he won't wiggle them he just might get his wish (thank heavens for dental insurance). When he went for a check-up in February, they decided to pull a second tooth. He was so excited to get a can of chicken soup and pudding! Even though I told him we could buy chicken soup and pudding ourselves for way less than it costs to pay our co-pay, he insisted on having just one more tooth pulled the magical, dentist way. So, he's now missing two teeth and so excited. He's growing up too fast!

2 comments:

Randy and Susan Landon said...

Sounds like the Landon's. So many of you kids had to have the dentist pull your teeth also.

Garrison Family said...

he and jonas are in the same boat for loosing teeth slowly. but, jonas wiggles his all the time and it makes me want to gag!