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4 year old - just lost a milktooth. Too early?

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twinklylights · 25/08/2009 19:48

My dd (five next week) mentioned this morning that her tooth was wobbly. Moments ago she just said that her wobbly tooth had fallen out... is she a bit young to be losing teeth or am I fussing over nothing?

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feetheart · 25/08/2009 19:57

DD's friend lost her first tooth 2 days after her 5th birthday so not too early really.

Just make sure the Tooth Fairy isn't too generous as there are 19 more in the pipeline

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twinklylights · 25/08/2009 20:01

She is very

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FabBakerGirlIsBack · 25/08/2009 20:03

I leave £1 and a note from the tooth fairy under my kid's pillows and they are soon

It is on the young side but you can't do anything about it.

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AvadaKedavra · 25/08/2009 20:10

I think my DD was around that age when she lost her first, DS on the other hand has just lost his last milktooth. he is 15 next month

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PlumBumMum · 25/08/2009 20:12

Mine started losing hers early too, but she had her 2 teeth by the time she was 4 months so I put it down to that!

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Moosy · 25/08/2009 20:17

I was 4.7 when I stated school and had already lost 2 baby teeth by then. I got them early too, the first one came through at 4 months I think.

The only trouble I had is too big teeth in a small mouth so lots of overcrowding and orthodontics as a teen, I don't know if that has anything to do with the age they came through or just the way I'm made?

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Hulababy · 25/08/2009 20:21

A number of children in DD's class lost their first teeth in reception, many not quite 5 at the time.

DD is the opposite - only just lost her first tooth this month, at 7y4m. But she did get her teeth late.

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Littlefish · 25/08/2009 20:21

DD is 4yrs 9 months and has a wobbly tooth at the bottom. At her last dentist visit he said that as dd's first teeth had come through at 4 months, it wasn't surprising that she had started getting wobbly teeth.

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Nemoandthefishes · 25/08/2009 20:24

Ds has lost 3 teeth in the last 4 weeks but he is 5.10yrs. We left £2 for the first and £1 for everyone since.

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twinklylights · 26/08/2009 09:26

The one next to it looks wobbly too now!

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Fluffypoms · 26/08/2009 11:58

my dd who is 5 has 2 adult teeth,2 missing and another 2 are wobbly!!

dentist said on our last visit that it is fine and they are being lost in correct order.

she also got her teeth at early age 2 teeth at 4months and had all the main baby ones by 12 months..

that tooth fairy is costing us a fortune lately!

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Littlefish · 26/08/2009 18:20

Fluffypoms - do you know what the correct order for losing them is?

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franklymydear · 26/08/2009 18:24

"correct order for losing them "

god give me strength

do you get points for doing it in the correct order? What if they fall out in the wrong order - will you shove them back in?

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Hulababy · 26/08/2009 19:41

DD got her teeth in the wrong order (bottom middle two came in after several others top and bottom) and has lost her first in wrong order too.

I assume the concern with the big teeth coming in in "wrong" order is to do with space. I have noticed DD's new tooth is coming in quite sideways, as there is no room either side until the middle two bottoms ones are out of the way.

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Littlefish · 26/08/2009 21:38

at frankly

I only ask because DD hit her top teeth a while ago and they are slightly miscoloured - I wondered whether they normally fall out first, or whether hers will out early because they've been damaged.

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Fluffypoms · 27/08/2009 10:08

think its usually the 2 front bottom to go first then front top 2.

and hulababy is right that if come in wrong order its to with spacing..

No points for correct order though

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