Ben's world of loosing teeth

I have an almost seven year old boy who has only once lost a tooth in what would be considered the "correct" way. Last year when he was in Kindergarten he lost his first tooth. Now being a mom of four this isn't my first time around the block with loose teeth, so when he came home from school that particular day and said he had a loose tooth I was excited for him, but knew it could still be awhile before the said tooth actually came out. Little did I know that while he was eating his PB&J sandwich that day that silly little tooth was going to pop itself right out.

showing his teeny tooth

New smile

The next tooth he lost was quite a few months later. I can't remember for sure if he had even mentioned a loose tooth this time. He went outside to jump on the tramp with two of his siblings. A few minutes later he came back inside and said he knocked out a tooth. Low and behold he did. As he was jumping he did a "butt slam" and his knee came back and hit him in the face and out came tooth number two.

Tooth number three came out while eating breakfast one morning.

Tooth number four came out on Thanksgiving, after dinner, while wrestling with his much older brother. As the boys were wrestling, my oldest son accidentally elbowed Ben in the face causing his tooth to fall out.

The next tooth came out while Ben was eating a Starburst, and this one got half eaten. With all the teeth he has lost while eating, this was the first casualty. Ben doesn't like anyone to touch his wiggly teeth, I think because he thinks we will pull them out. However, I don't do teeth... but do like to have an "idea" when the next may pop out.

The last tooth he has lost he was playing on our bed, and so I starting tickling him. He bounced up and my hand hit his face and loosing his tooth more. It was a little bloody and was bent at a odd angle and so I told him this tooth needed to come out. He was more upset over having a tooth pulled than getting hit in the mouth. He screamed and fought the minute it was mentioned all the way until after the tooth was actually out and we held the tooth in front of his face to show that it was out and he could stop screaming.

He is a very funny kid, who doesn't realize when a tooth is actually super loose and doesn't think to mention when he has loose tooth. Which make us wonder when and how the next one will be lost.