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My eldest is losing his first tooth

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NAB3 · 10/09/2007 17:13

Seems so young. It is very wobbly and he is desperate for it to come out. He is worried he will swallow it tonight and not get any money, but in the next breath tells me there is no such thing as the tooth fairy.

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Dinosaur · 10/09/2007 17:14

Aw, do you think he is a bit scared of the idea of the tooth fairy?

DS1 didn't tell us when his first tooth came out, and then wondered why there was no money under his pillow...

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NAB3 · 11/09/2007 07:58

Well, the tooth is still in situ...

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Trinityrhino · 11/09/2007 08:02

how old is he??
my dd1 is 7 and a half and not a wobble in sight. She is gutted cause all her friends are losing teeth like it's going out of fashion lol

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NAB3 · 11/09/2007 09:57

He will be 7 in March. It is one of the bottom middle and two new ones are coming through already.

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MamaMaiasaura · 11/09/2007 09:59

Dslost first bottom tooth around the same age. He has also lost his top 2 about 6 months ago.. still no sign of the adult front 2 tho so he has a gorgeaus gappy grin

Also happy as it meant when he was choosing instruments at school he is not able to play trombone due to lack of front teeth

themildmanneredjanitor · 11/09/2007 10:01

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HonoriaGlossop · 11/09/2007 10:06

Blimey, my ds has just turned five in August and he has a wobbly bottom tooth! I did think it might be a bit early - obviously it is! It's such a milestone isn't it, I was really taken aback to find it was wobbly...a real sign of growing up! Hope your ds manages to get rid of his NAB. He might not believe in the tooth fairy but he will take the money and run

MamaMaiasaura · 11/09/2007 10:30

ds believes in toothfairy still. The last tooth he lost he left a note for her asking her not to take his tooth (thinks it is far more precious than £2)

titchy · 11/09/2007 10:37

My dd lost her first tooth at 5, as did several others in her reception class. Ds, almost 7, is about the only one in his year 2 class that hasn't lost a tooth yet - and he's deperate!

I always thought that 5 was really early, but it seems most of dc's peers start to lose them aged about 5.5-6, so maybe ds at almost 7 is late rather than dd being early! I don't know - in any case I hope he loses a few quite soon, cos I'm not sure how long he will go along with the tooth fairy myth...

mustsleep · 11/09/2007 10:51

ds lost his first tooth at 5 and then lost the one next to it within weeks

i thought this was early at the time but it has only been a couple of months and is big teeth are already coming through in the gap!!

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NAB3 · 11/09/2007 16:05

IT IS OUT!!! He came running out of school and I knew he was going to tell me something. It came out while he was eating his blueberry and strawberry muffin at lunch time and he nearly swallowed it! Seems very happy.

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Budababe · 11/09/2007 16:15

It is such a milestone isn't it?

DS lost his fourth yesterday. Both front top ones gone now so looks really funny.

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NAB3 · 24/09/2007 17:30

Number 2 tooth is so close to coming out and DS1 has just been in tears as he wants it out, but isn't prepared to eat or drink anything to try and get it out. Hardly had any lunch as was too scared to eat.

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LIZS · 24/09/2007 17:33

dd lost her bottom two just before she turned 6.

rosealbie · 24/09/2007 22:42

My ds has just lost his first tooth, he was 6 in July. He is practically the last child to loose a tocth in his class. Some of them had already lost one or two before starting reception.

His wasn't wobbly at all but he was desperate for one to come out. I gave him a couple of Percy Pig sweets from M&S and the tooth got stuck to one and just came out He was chuffed to bits though.

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NAB3 · 25/09/2007 13:38

Number 2 out this morning. Costing me a fortune in tooth fairy fees.

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tortoiseSHELL · 25/09/2007 13:39

Ds1 is 6.3 and has lost the front 4 teeth - I cried and cried when the first one came out, seemed such an irrevocable milestone - a real 'growing up' and an end to babyhood.

noonar · 25/09/2007 13:41

my dd has just lost 5 teeth in a few weeks, including her top front teeth. she's almost 5.5!

i think it makes her look older, in a way. it's odd losing the top ones ahead of her peers.

HonoriaGlossop · 25/09/2007 13:55

tortoise, EXACTLY. I've been trying to work out why I've been feeling so weird about this happening to ds. I didn't feel ready for this, I know it's only teeth! But you're right, it's the clear end of the early, baby time.

It's going so fast

chipkid · 25/09/2007 14:00

My ds now 6 came home from school in a murderous mood the other day and told me in an accusatory voice that he was the only one in his class who had not lost a tooth. How that is my fault I am still trying to fathom!

HonoriaGlossop · 25/09/2007 14:01

He's blaming you for bad tooth genes

chipkid · 25/09/2007 14:02

HG I was 15 when I lost my last two milk teeth so he probably has a point!

HonoriaGlossop · 25/09/2007 14:10

blimey chipkid, you hold on to 'em in your family, don't you!

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NAB3 · 25/09/2007 14:17

My son's 2 second teeth were coming through before the baby teeth were even loose.

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Hulababy · 25/09/2007 14:21

5yo DD is so desperate to have a tooth come out. So many of the children in her class have already lost teeth, but sign at all for DD. She got her teeth realy late (from 13 months onwards) so chances are we'll be a long while yet!

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