should i pull out DDs loose TOOTH awhile she's asleep. woriied she could choke on it

[noonar]

its hanging on by a thread and is lying horizonitally pointing back towards her throat as its so loose. it was bothering her at bed time but she didnt want me to 'help' it out.

i'm worried she could choke. i'm thinking dry flannel over tooth, and a litlle tug. it would feel like an assult but i'm really concerned.

Actually, come to think of it, with blood sometimes...... they NEVER bled when I just let them fall out on their own. Maybe my parents were pulling my teeth out in my sleep!

oh god, toffee. when dh knocked it earlier, it really bled.

bertie, maybe............ am going to leave it. as i said, it seems almost wedged.

My son had a loose tooth wedged in at an odd angle for a day once. It was horrible. He kept fiddling with it until eventually it fell out.

I can deal with all sorts of children's issues, but not teeth. DS has to handle that on his own. Makes me go all peculiar.

thanks all. am off to bed.....

Noonar - if it bled it definitely isn't ready to come out yet. Leave it alone.

If you think about it, it is a natural process for teeth to fall out and it would be a bit odd if this natural process led to children all choking in their sleep. A milk tooth is tiny, after all.

Please don't worry.

Bertie - maybe your parents were!

Do you ever have 'Marathon Man'-type nightmares, by any chance?

sometimes the tooth fairy gets drunk and takes an eye...

I have just posted on both of their facebook walls accusing them of stealing my teeth that'll learn 'em.

snice I con confirm hick that neither I nor the hick tooth fairy drink on hick duty.

Where the fuck did I hick leave my sleep dust, did you hick take it?

I know you hick did.

Come on then!!!!! hick

I can confirm - looking like an old lush now

Bertie - seems coincidental

He is 4.5 months old Ilythia! Yes I know time flies etc etc How is the course going? And yes sorry for hijack!

lol bertie!

tooth came out after breakfast but not before causing an episode of feeling faint for dd- she gets very pale and weak where blood and truama are concerned... all got a bit stressful and nearly made us late for school. and it was her first day back this term, due to illness.grrr

Glad you didn't do it, I'd be traumatised for ages if I had woken to fi d someone pulling my tooth out!