Before bedtime just a while ago, Calvin announced that his front tooth was very wobbly. I said “good! let’s pull it out!”. The boy was so frightful when he heard what I said, I kid you not. Anyhow, I promised only to shake it a little to see how wobbly it was. True enough, the tooth was very ready to be extracted. Of course he would not allow me to do the surgery, and so he decided to take matters into his own hands. He said bravely that he would try to pull it out himself. Wow, what a brave boy, I thought. And so, Athan and I sat next to him, watching him trying his best to pull his tooth out. I only gave him a wet towel.
After some time, he was still unsuccessful and the sight of blood worried him a bit. He wanted to give up, but I told him I would reward him with 2 stars on his behaviour chart (more on that in another post) if he could persevere on. Athan, sitting there watching quietly suddenly said he wanted 2 stars too! For? For being supportive of his brother. 🙂
After some more shaking of the wobbly tooth, it finally came out! Phew! He went to the mirror, took a good look at himself without his 2 front teeth and tried to said “the” to check if he could say “th” :). Well, not much success!  Anyway, this is how he looked like now:
There will be some getting used to without the two front teeth, but this is part of growing up. By the way, I was instructed not to put any money or leave any money for him because he wanted to see if the tale of the tooth fairy is real. :) I am thinking maybe I should …..