losing a tooth is very traumatic for cate. she lets it hang by a thread refusing any type of help getting it out. for weeks she guards it and talks funny and can't eat right. it's a pain.
it was really really ready to come out the other day. it was a beautiful day and i told her if she wanted to go play at the park she'd have to let me get it out so she didn't choke on it. she said no way and she'd hold it in with a cloth.
it is not fun playing at the park holding a tooth in with a cloth.
but her favorite bff cousins eventually got her to have some fun.
and they spent a lot of time coaching her on the ins and outs of tooth wiggling and loss and fairies. at this age, losing teeth is a main part of your life. they swapped stories and relaxed cate a bit.
i spent a lot of time admiring my wal-mart gladiators. can you believe it? and it was warm enough for cut-offs. hooray.
and then we left the park, tooth still hanging and bleeding.
but alas, in the car on the way home, the tooth gently fell into the washcloth. the trauma was over, and cate was excitedly predicting her tooth fairy earnings.
exhausting.
That is funny! When she lost the other one at our house she was so brave! Last year, Max went to kindergarten one day with a wash cloth to hold his tooth in. It was disgusting, and I wanted to DIE.
Posted by: Mandee | March 22, 2010 at 03:38 PM
you are speakin' my language, mama! my oldest daughter lets her teeth hang by a thread, until biting into bread makes it fall out! i have such a hard time not yanking the darn thing!
Posted by: feather | March 22, 2010 at 03:54 PM
Sometimes we just need to surrender and everything just works out on it's own. Yay for Cate, and yay for you!
Posted by: Rachelle | March 22, 2010 at 03:58 PM
Great story and great shoes!
Posted by: Shellie | March 22, 2010 at 04:17 PM
ha! how cute!
Posted by: kelli | March 22, 2010 at 05:51 PM
Oh the tooth drama! I love that last photo.
Posted by: Ellen Patton | March 22, 2010 at 07:51 PM
oh my she is just too cute!
loves!
britt
Posted by: brittany barney | March 22, 2010 at 09:30 PM
That's too funny. When I had a loose tooth I couldn't wait to get it out. I literally could not stop touching it until it was under my pillow.
Kids are funny!
Posted by: Becky | March 22, 2010 at 09:43 PM
cutest story ever :)
Posted by: Marcella Deter | March 22, 2010 at 11:42 PM
So so funny. Love the pictures of the whole dramatic episode. Makes me nervous about when we hit this stage...
Posted by: Kimberlyscribbles.blogspot.com | March 23, 2010 at 08:25 AM
that is the grossest thing!
loose teeth are so nasty to me. not sure why.
glad it came out okay!
Posted by: Kristi | March 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM
I cannot get over how much kate has changed since I first started reading your blog almost two years ago. What a cute little snaggle tooth. :)
Posted by: Lauren | March 23, 2010 at 11:34 AM
I just went through the same tooth traumas last week when my daughter (eventually) lost her top two teeth. Oh, how many meals that she complained she couldn't eat. How many times she refused to brush her teeth. And then it's over and she's so proud of that space.
Posted by: Cissy | March 23, 2010 at 11:42 AM
remember when i left the tooth fairy (who i knew was dad) a note to please, for once, leave me more than a dollar bill... the next morning there was a dollar bill and two pennies under my pillow.
Posted by: coco | March 23, 2010 at 12:54 PM
lizzie and leah!! i haven't seen them in so long! ;) love the photos. poor cate. glad it worked its way out. :)
Posted by: Natalie | March 23, 2010 at 02:31 PM
She and my daughter must be soul sisters. We have "tooth drama" over each and every one too :)
Posted by: Kim Russell | March 23, 2010 at 02:38 PM
yay cate!! money money money!! {love the sandals!!}
Posted by: lisa leonard | March 23, 2010 at 08:39 PM
What a brave little thing! Losing those big front teeth can be an ordeal... and now for that visit from the tooth fairy!
Posted by: HomeGrownLife | March 23, 2010 at 08:57 PM
these shots are incredibly awesome. you're going to have to bust these out when she brings her first boyfriend home. :)
Posted by: kera | March 24, 2010 at 03:25 AM
just bought those shoes in black for kennedy last night! Cate's face is changing- getting so grown up!
Posted by: glor | March 24, 2010 at 08:35 AM
your kate & my maddie are long lost sisters.
mads finally came out after hanging for four weeks when a basketball at school hit her.
it would still be hanging if it wasn't for that ball.
xo
Posted by: kl | March 24, 2010 at 08:16 PM
my daughter was like this too! not wanting to have any pain involved in the tooth loss. :) so much so that her adult tooth came in OVER her baby tooth. one tooth finally came out during teeth brushing and i said "Please let me take the other one out! it's just hanging there!" i convinced her...took forever...then i couldn't get the tiny thing with my fingers. i grabbed a needle nose pliers in the drawer. she about had a heart attack! i said "trust me" one second later...the teeny tiny tooth was out. oh the drama!!!
Posted by: meg duerksen | March 28, 2010 at 07:04 AM
Oh, that hurts.. emotionally! I mean, that's something you protected for weeks and it just ended up like that? Come on! But it's a good thing her bff cousins were there to save the day. So how much did she earn from the tooth fairy? LOL!
Posted by: Johnson Paola | September 15, 2011 at 01:44 PM
I love the last picture! :) Her smile is so cute! It's so funny that your kid actually made an effort to hold his tooth while playing. LOL. My daughter is quite excited to lose her first tooth so that's not a problem for me.
Posted by: Sean Butcher | December 08, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Wow! She just waited for her tooth to fall out! Eventually it was a success, even though it took a long time for her to convince that it should go. Thank goodness her cousins were there to rescue her from that painful ordeal.
Posted by: Calandra Janocha | February 24, 2012 at 08:48 AM