Take kids to dentist.I took this picture of my four-year old, Taylor, playing on the park playground today.
It is the last toothy smile from her for several years.
Within ten minutes of taking this picture, I witnessed her trip, fall forward on one of the metal platforms, her mouth hit first, and a tooth fly through the air. I scooped her up as blood started gushing and found the most absorbant thing I had on-hand (a diaper--a clean one to clarify), and put it to her mouth. I pulled it away to find another tooth had fallen out as well. The two front teeth. Poor thing.
I rushed her to the emergency room because there was so much blood--I didn't know if there were any other lacerations in there. They cleaned her up (after I explained the blood on my hand was from looking in her mouth and not from punching her in the face), then they sent her to a pediatric dentist (this had been on my list anyway so, this saved me a trip).
The dentist x-rayed for bone fragments, etc. and found she has another loose tooth in the front that may or may not make it. She's already next door playing at a friend's house so if I had to bet, I would give it less than a week. We'll see. And we never did find the flying tooth. We're hoping the tooth fairy finds it tonight on her route.
Oh my gosh! Poor Taylor! What do they do, just leave her with a big gap until she's like seven and her big teeth grow in?
ReplyDeletepoor taylor. that sounds scary!
ReplyDeleteyup, a big gap until her perm teeth come in and we hope they're not damaged. you can get a mouthpiece with teeth put in but this dentist said it can mess up your perm teeth and it's usually just a mess at this age. he said girls usually start to lose thier front teeth around 5-6 though? i was thinking 8 so i hope he's right. the poor thing is afraid to talk though and can't make the "th" sound or "f" sound for anything.
ReplyDeleteoh and i don't know if you can tell from the pic, but her friend cut a chunk of hair from the front of her head last week (she wanted to get taylor's hair out of her face for her) so the poor thing is really a mess.
ReplyDeleteBless poor little Taylor's toothless, hairless heart! I probably would have thrown up when the blood starting gushing out of her mouth - signs I'm not ready to be a mom? Probably so. Props to you for coming to the rescue with a very resourceful diaper. :) I hope she's okay!
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