4 Year Old With Loose Teeth

Okay friends, I'm in a panic state and what better to do than blog about it. My husband just informed me that our 4 year old Little Man has two loose teeth. Did I mention he's FOUR and not the normal age of six? I'm a school teacher, elementary certified, they taught me how to deal with loose teeth in school...for first graders. Little Man's in pre-k.

My husband is all nonchalant about the whole thing, "well I thought it was a little early."

" Early? Yes it's early, maybe even abnormal," I think in my head because I'm trying not to share my overly negative or sarcastic comments too frequently.

My husband also states that he checked online and it was okay. Well of course online information could be wrong, so I call my mother...and look online myself...and call the dentist.

Conversation with mom goes something like this:
Me: "Noah has two loose teeth. Is that normal?"

"kind of early. I mean, I've never seen that." (my interpretation: abnormal)

This is the point at which I call the dentist trying to mask my panic.
Me: "I have a question (insert background info here). Me being the overbearing mother that I am needs to make sure I don't need to worry so could you have the Dr. call me back?"

Receptionist: "hold just a moment."

"Dr. said every child is different and he is just fine. It might take awhile for the new permanent teeth to come in or he may lose them all really quickly. She wanted me to stress not to worry."

Whew! Me back to my mom: "dentist said its okay. I still have a problem though. I'm not even done tracking Little Miss' milestones for year one and now I've got Little Man's elementary milestones to start."

Mom:"now you know why the second kid has half the pictures and a third one is out of the question"

All too true for my OCD self! I have to scrapbook! Goodbye!