McKenna

A few weeks ago, I noticed that McKenna had a tooth that was sticking out farther than her other teeth. I looked in there and the permanent tooth had already come through. I told her to start wiggling it to get it out of there or the dentist was going to have to do it. We had a teeth cleaning scheduled for May 6th, so I told her to try hard. During this time, Tyler told her all sorts of horror stories. How the dentist was going to give her a shot and use pliers to get it out and that it hurts badly. Sadly, Tyler would know. He has rarely lost any teeth the old fashioned way. Most of his have had to be pulled.

You can imagine McKenna's anxiety the day it was time to go the dentist and there was still a tooth in there. However, luckily it was really loose and hanging by not a lot. I sure didn't want to pull it out. It really grosses both Allen and I out. So the dentist gave it a little pull and it came out with no problem. McKenna didn't even know he got it out for her. You can imagine Tyler's disappointment when there was no pain associated for McKenna - and even more disappointment that he has an appointment next week to get two more teeth pulled. Sad.

Anyway, McKenna was on cloud nine! They put her tooth in this little green plastic tooth for safe keeping. We were lucky that it was actually in there that night. The tooth fairy did come and she is happy that her first tooth fell out - and it didn't hurt!