Milestone: Losing a Tooth
Hunter had a bad couple of weeks at school- we weren’t sure
what had caused the regression, whether it was exposure to other children who
may have gotten the flu mist, or Peyton’s cough (mycoplasma??), etc. However, the week after things started to get
a little better, I noticed he had two new adult teeth that popped in on the
bottom. I showed him with excitement his
new teeth, and discovered that his two bottom baby teeth were loose. Well, he worked on those baby teeth- I told
him to keep wiggling and attempt to get the loose tooth out (Paige had to have
her baby teeth pulled when he adult teeth came in early as well- pulling teeth
for Hunter meant anesthesia). Yesterday,
when we walked into school and had entered Peyton’s classroom, I heard a “YES!!!!!!!”
and turned around to see a bloody mouth Hunter holding his little, tiny
tooth. And he had the biggest grin on
his face.
Such normalcy. He was
beyond excited about the chance that the tooth fairy would visit that
night.
I kept smiling as I drove to work, looking at that tiny baby
tooth in my cup holder. He was so
excited, so proud, and had that smile that melts my heart…and it was if Autism
wasn’t even in the picture.
We celebrated with a new Berenstein Bears book (“The Tooth Fairy) and ice cream. He put that tooth under his pillow ever so sweetly, and laid down in anticipation of getting a small token for the tooth.
Did I mention that he was up last night from around 2 until
about 5 this morning? Not sure if it was
the tooth fairy, St. Nick’s arrival, or a combination of it all…but we are one
set of tired parents.
Take that, Autism.
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