Help! I'm new to this and will try to be concise... Today I've had the day from hell and am looking for advice from anyone who has experienced a toddler knocking their teeth out! My 3 yr old dd managed to headbang our stone kitchen floor (v bad idea to have - wouldn't recommend as v child unfriendly!) this morning and has knocked out one front top tooth, but the two adjacent teeth are also "mobile" according to the dentist - what does that mean?! Am totally panicking now and worried she is going to lose the other two teeth. Have almost come to terms with dd losing one tooth, but three.... I also stupidly packed the tooth in ice and trotted off to the dentist hoping for a miracle - think I got teeth mixed up with severed limbs!! Anyway, does anyone have experience of this? Am assuming she will not get replacement teeth till at least 7 yrs. she was a late starter with baby teeth- well over 1 before she got her first one - does this mean she will be late getting permanent teeth? To top it all off, dh away with work - always the way in times of crisis, ds won't go to sleep tonight and dd decided that she is scared of the Tooth Fairy and won't sleep in her bed, even though I have now written to the Tooth Fairy to tell her to collect tooth from the kitchen!!! Aaaargh! Feel like rubbish mother, but don't think I could have stopped dd knocking tooth/teeth out if I had been any more vigilant. It's a miracle she has got to 3 with all teeth and limbs working - v accident prone! Although also had broken leg in January - a whole other story! TIA
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