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Aibu to think losing teeth at 4 isn't exactly cause for celebration?!

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WobbleYourHead · 16/05/2016 09:42

DD is in reception class and over the past couple of weeks there's been a few fb posts about how "exciting" and "wonderful" it is that DCs have lost their first tooth.

Am I just being miserable in thinking that this isn't particularly a cause for celebration --especially at 4 years of age

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Schwabischeweihnachtskanne · 16/05/2016 14:31

BigTilly I don't think there's any specific link to starting puberty early/late. I lost my first milk tooth at 7 and my last back ones at 17! But I was 5 ft 6 with c cup breasts and periods at 11... DD lost her first tooth at 7 too but is later hitting puberty.

I disagree that everyone forgets this stuff - I guess its more likely a parent will forget if they're average age and remember if they were very early/ late, with the minor "milestones"...

CloneMeNow · 16/05/2016 14:38

Two of my DC lost their first teeth in Reception. They were both the first child in their class to lose a tooth, so were each very excited about it (nice to be first at something, I suppose!) The man advantage is that they did not yet have any concept of money. So the tooth fairy got away with giving them plastic tat instead of hard cash :)

TinklyLittleLaugh · 16/05/2016 21:57

Yes mine all gotten their baby teeth early and lost them early. No one has any filings though.

RubbleBubble00 · 16/05/2016 22:00

Won't some if them be 5yrs 8months with September birthdays

Lindy2 · 16/05/2016 22:07

My DD has just lost her first tooth. It was pretty exciting for her.
Yes it happens to everyone but when your age 4 or 5 it's a pretty big deal. Even for my 8 year old a wobbly tooth/fallen out tooth is still an exciting event.
I think you are being a bit grumpy.

PinkyOfPie · 16/05/2016 22:08

YANBU. It's in the same vein as people who are "proud" of their 6 month old for being able to sit up. "So proud of my clever boy"

CuntingDMjournos · 16/05/2016 22:16

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Sukebind · 16/05/2016 22:31

My dd1 was nearly 8 when she lost her first tooth and was the last in the class to do so, so if ever there was a cause for celebrating it was that but it's a natural part of growing up and not something clever or unusual. It's also personal so I would not put something like that on social media.

(That evening we then actually lost the tooth because she dropped it in the dining room and it fell into another dimension and could not be found even after I spent an hour and a half combing the whole room on my hand and knees, moving furniture, etc.)

Please tell me people don't 'celebrate' their daughters' first period on FB?

luellabelle · 16/05/2016 22:34

My eldest lost his first tooth in reception, I think he was 5 and whilst it wasn't cause for celebration he was extremely excited. His teeth are totally healthy and he has never had a filling so I'm fairly certain it was genetic rather than problematic. My youngest is 6 and still has all his baby teeth. He's desperate to lose a tooth and spends a lot of time talking about the tooth fairy and we have a running commentary of who in his class has lost which teeth. He will most definitely be celebrating when the time comes

CuntingDMjournos · 16/05/2016 22:40

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OnlyOpenMouthToChangeFeet · 16/05/2016 22:43

I guess it's swings and roundabouts. One of my twins was born with 2 teeth, but didn't lose her first until she was 7. She's now 14, and oddly although not lost all of milk teeth yet, has a wisdom tooth appearing

BYOSnowman · 16/05/2016 22:48

A fiver! I'm shocked! Mine got £2 for the first, £1 when I had it and then generally what loose change I have. Dd about to lose tooth 2 so have a pound on standby.

Five pounds. Wow.

RedOnHerHedd · 16/05/2016 22:49

£2 coin a tooth here.
DS1 lost his first tooth at 7.
DS2 lost his first tooth at 6.

DS1 is now 11 and only lost his first pre-molar a few weeks ago.

I'm 34 and all my pre-molars and molars are all milk teeth. They never came out so only my front teeth are adult teeth. I also have wisdom teeth.

RedOnHerHedd · 16/05/2016 22:55

My top lateral incisor on my left side is also missing. When the baby tooth fell out, the adult tooth didn't grow.

Mrsmorton · 16/05/2016 22:59

Baby molars are replaced by premolars, adult molars (of which there are typically 12 in total, including all wisdom teeth) don't have a predecessor, they just grow through the gum. First ones at about age 6, second between 10-14 and third 17-24.

Amazing to hear of a wisdom tooth in a14 year old, surprised no one is writing a paper on it.

backwardpossom · 16/05/2016 23:04

DS hasn't lost any teeth yet. His bottom two front adult teeth have popped through and grown up behind his milk teeth. Dentist said to leave it and they'll come out themselves. That was 4 months ago. I don't want to bug the dentist, but they're not even wobbly.

MrsDeathOfRats · 16/05/2016 23:15

£5
At 20 teeth that's £100! For your teeth falling out??
Crumbs.

My almost 4 yr old Dd said to me earlier that when the tooth fairy comes she brings a coin, but it's a chocolate coin!! (Something to do with peppa pig I think) I thought fantastic those are cheap enough!!

OnlyOpenMouthToChangeFeet · 16/05/2016 23:21

I know MrsMorton, she's a bit of a curiosity at our local dentist! I presume it's somewhat hereditary as I had all 4 wisdom teeth at just after turning 15, although had to have 2 removed due to pain.

As for the tooth fairy, was 50p progressing to £1 when children were younger. They don't even get a fiver pocket money!!!

SouperSal · 16/05/2016 23:46

My 5.5 year old has her first wobbly tooth (and 4 new molars at the back) and it feels too early.

(She has no interest in tooth fairies though. She wants to keep her teeth and do experiments on them.)

SouperSal · 16/05/2016 23:48

I'm 34 and all my pre-molars and molars are all milk teeth. They never came out so only my front teeth are adult teeth. I also have wisdom teeth.
I'm nearly 40 and have no premolars, no wisdom teeth and 2 of my molars are baby teeth as there was nothing there to replace them. I only ever got 23 adult teeth.

CocktailQueen · 16/05/2016 23:52

Dd lost 8 Baby teeth in year 1 - so aged 6-7. She's 12 now and has lovely teeth. Neither of my dc has has any fillings or dentist intervention. But Ds has been much later to lose teeth than Dd.

The point is, they lose teeth at different times. So long as teeth are coming out by themselves and are healthy, what's the problem?

toffee1000 · 17/05/2016 05:29

I lost my first tooth on holiday age 5. Dad got the camcorder out and everything. I got 40p.
By the age of fourteen I still had three baby teeth; in fact, I had what I called "shark teeth" for two of them- the adult tooth was trying to grow over the top. I needed braces anyway so my dentist simply removed the three baby teeth.

MakingJudySmile · 17/05/2016 06:50

Is the get teeth early / lose them early thing an actual thing?

Mine got them early (before 6 months ) and had already lost a few before starting school.

I was also an early loser of teeth. Had the full adult set and had braces fitted before 10. Though there may have been cheating going on as I had lots of extractions due to overcrowding - or at least it felt like lots!!

My DC1 is 12 and has lost all his adult teeth.

In hindsight I was glad they were early losers of teeth as I discovered the going rate was €20 per tooth in their school. TWENTY!!

Well ok one set of parents gave €20, no idea what the rest gave as it was only the boy who got €20 that far too loudly informed me he got €20.

grounddown · 17/05/2016 06:57

My DD lost her first tooth in reception aged 4. She went to school with a very wobbly tooth and when I picked her up the tooth was missing. She can't remember it falling out so she must have swallowed it with lunch

SouperSal · 17/05/2016 09:20

Is the get teeth early / lose them early thing an actual thing?

DD was 4 months getting her first 2 teeth and the first one through is the wobbly one now. Her teacher swears it's early to start losing them but she has several friends that have lost them earlier.

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