The "Extraction"

Today was a two-tooth day for Kaleb.  After breakfast he was walking up the stairs when he looked down at me and told me that the tooth fairy was going to come today because his front left tooth just fell out!  He was excited about this one and we made sure to put it in a safe place that Navia wouldn't be able to reach ; )

This afternoon he had a previously booked dentist appt to pull out a baby molar that wasn't coming out and the adult tooth was already coming in and starting to cut off the baby's roots.  So he figured that he was extra lucky because he'd have TWO teeth to put under the pillow tonight for the Tooth Fairy.  

Well - the excitement soon changed when he got into the dentist's chair.  Suddenly he changed from loving the dentist to refusing to even open his mouth for her to see inside.  That was the first sign that the next 45 minutes might not be good ones.  Not to get into too much detail -  the next moments consisted of bribery, threats, closing doors so other kids wouldn't hear him, manipulation and Kaleb even telling the dentist that he wanted "paper money" and she came back into the room with a $5.00 bill!!!  He didn't like the taste of the topical freezing which set him off to start with - he didn't even feel the needles, but there was a lot of pressure when the dentist went to take out his tooth - it actually broke in 2.  There was a ton of blood, but he has no idea about it.  It's kinda funny because he was watching Ice Age 2 on the ceiling while there were needles and pliers and blood flying all over the place (okay, bit of an exaggeration - tee hee).  

Kaleb after it was all done - with gauze in the hole where his tooth used to be

When all was said and done Kaleb came out of there a bit tired, a bit sore from opening his mouth and $5.00 richer.  Actually the dentist did us a bit of a disfavor because now he expects even more from the Tooth Fairy - inflation!!!  So, I'm off to bed, but not before I go through all our drawers and try and find money for the Tooth Fairy - hopefully he won't be too disappointed - but really - he already got $5 from the dentist!!!

Oh, and as an aside - our dentist was absolutely amazing and we are soooo glad that we took him there and not somewhere else.  She is a keeper!!!