Finally!

I was beginning to believe that Preston would never lose a tooth on his own! He is 8 1/2. He has had teeth pulled by a dentist, but has never had a loose tooth. So I was thrilled when he finally got one. He worked on it wiggling...for days...weeks...months....! Then I realized that his adult tooth was coming in behind the baby tooth. I wasn't thrilled about that. So I cracked down on his tooth wiggling business. It took a couple more weeks, but he finally let got me pulling it. That's a funny story. Got time to hear it? Of course you do.
So it was way loose. He would not let anyone touch it. He couldn't eat. He was crying. Oh, it was a nightmare. So one day after school I said to him "Let me pull it." Of course the reply was a big fat "NO!". The next day we met my mom for Chinese food. We beat her to the restaurant. So I held Preston down and pulled it out. In my car. The car was shaking. He was screaming. I was yelling back. Thank goodness no one called CPS.

(That is sweet and sour sauce on his face. Not blood.)
I felt so terrible about the whole thing that I bought him a wii game. Then I thought...Crap, what's the tooth fairy gonna bring? One wii game and $1.00 (from the tooth fairy) later--his tooth is finally gone!

Preston's Teeth!

A couple weeks ago, Preston was really upset, and told us his teeth were hurting. We rushed him into our dentist the next day. To our surprise his back tooth needed a root canal! So they proceeded to start the process, when Preston threw up on them. The dentist suggested that he see a Pediatric Dentist and have him sedated. So this morning at 5:30 am Clint got up to take him to his appointment. They sedated Preston and were able to get a full mouth x-ray. Well come to find out...Preston's back teeth were in worse shape then we thought. 3 of his baby teeth, that had been filled before, had decayed even more, to the point that some of the roots were gone. So not only did Preston get a root canal today, he had 3 teeth pulled, and 2 other cavity's filled. So I am feeling like the worst mom ever. I swear we brush!! He has a harder time flossing, but we still try and do it. So I am just baffled at how bad his back teeth were. If anyone knows of any suggestions or ideas to keep them healthier, please feel free to share! Well, to keep Preston from being too upset, we did remind him that the tooth fairy gets to come now. He is very excited for that!