Another One Bites the Dust

My apologies for not updating you all sooner, Dear Readers...

About 2 weeks ago, pls try to recall, the tooth dilemma my son faced, again!

Option 1....He pulls it out

Option 2....Dentist pulls it out

Option 3....Dad pulls it out

Ok well he was given 1 week by the dentist to have this tooth out or he would have to come back and have it pulled! Well this information alone was enough to send my son into a frenzy. " I am NOT coming back here to have it pulled." See, now that he is 8, and would put up a good fight all the way in to the dentist, I gave him a few extra days. Lets just say carrying him in kicking and screaming wouldn't be appropriate.

So for a week he pulled and tugged and tugged and pulled to no avail. I think he may have loosened it a bit but not much.

So the conversation begins...

"Son, I gave you 2 extra days to get that stinkin thing out and your adult tooth is already in. We are going in the am to get it pulled. We don't have much choice."

::tears start to well up:: "But mom, I HATE the dentist. I don't want to have it pulled. Let me keep trying." By now we have full water works going..This catches my husbands attn.

What do I see out of the corner of my eye.....My husband taking interest in our conversation...I try to keep it hush hush because of the whole fishing string episode(see prev blog in tooth tales) but there was no hiding it now. My husband was already aware of this situation. He starts to sit up like a little kid at the candy store....Is it my turn, is it my turn??

I give him the OK, my mistake as you will see in a minute, and say " If its not pulled out tonight, we are going 1st thing in the am."

So what will it be this time???

Hes already tried dental floss.....no luck.

Fishing string, well that one worked....success!!

What shall number 3 be but......

In case you weren't able to figure out the pic....He used PLIERS!! Wow!! I am amazed. I truly never thought that people really pulled teeth out this way. I mean maybe if your name is Wyatt Earp but certainly not any of my children. Funny how moms say "My" children when they are hurting but when they are acting up its "Your kids..." speaking to our husbands....lol. :0)

So I have officially given up on the whole tooth issue. Who knows what will be next but I can assure you that there will be a next time. My sons adult teeth seem to want to come come in before the baby ones exit.

Here is his new face.....and he is very proud to say "My dad pulled my tooth out with pliers."

My husband did accomplish the very task I asked him to do. My son was so afraid to go back to the dentist, where it wouldn't even hurt, he allowed my husband to use pliers. Who would've guessed? Certainly not me.

~~L~~