So Elliott's permanent front bottom teeth grew in without his baby teeth falling out. Shark teeth. The baby ones weren't even loose and the dentist wanted to pull them out. Since I have an inside with the dentistry profession now (my brother in law, Cody is a pediatric dentist, but lives in Indiana) I thought I'd ask if that's what he would do. He gave me some info straight from the handbook that said it's okay to leave them in for a while and they might get loose on their own, and then their tongue would eventually push the permanent ones forward.
So E was scheduled to get them out and get a filling repaired. I called to let them know we would be holding off on pulling the teeth but we would still be there for the filling. I had also scheduled Ollie for his very first dentist appointment. On the way to the dentist E asked if they were going to pull his teeth and I told him no, we were going to wait. So as I was filling out the paperwork for O, they took E back. I decided to go with Ollie a few min later since it was his first time. Ollie was very brave and in the middle of his cleaning, in walks E with bloody gauze in his mouth. I was kind of in shock. He kept saying- "I was really brave mommy- I didn't even cry." I felt sooo bad- like I had lied to him!
As I was paying the girl who took the phone call to cancel the extractions (and who I knew from an old job) she said, "Oh you decided to take them out after all?" I said, "Uhhhh, no." She got these big eyes and was telling me it was written on the paperwork to not do it. I just said it was okay and I would probably eventually have them pulled anyway. But there was a frenzy in the office and before I knew it the office manager talked to the dentist and they decided not to charge for it. I wanted to at least pay for half... but they wouldn't let me. So in the end- I saved $200 and Elliott got his teeth out.
I think the moral of this story is- go with your kid to the chair if they are getting work done. Which I still don't know how I'm going to do with the bunch of them, but I'll figure it out.
Elliott looks so different with missing teeth- even though the others are there already...;) And he was glad to get them out so he could get a visit from the tooth fairy. He was telling me he was going to hide them and see if she could find them. I told him it wasn't a great idea because she was in a big hurry and wouldn't have time to search. He left the little box in plain sight on his night stand and got two shiny gold dollars. I can't believe he's growing up so fast!
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You are so nice! I would have been pissed...yelling that I told them to NOT to pull them. There is no way I would have been paying for anything. I guess I need to work on being nicer...
Wow, that is scary! I would have felt violated somehow. At least he didn't cry, what a brave kid!
He is so cute! Seriously...I can't beleive how fast they grew in. Cassidy't top teeth are finally growing in! I thought I was going to have to buy fake teeth. I'm glad you weren't completely set on NOT pulling them out. You are TOO nice to the dentist!
That's kind of scary--good thing they were supposed to come out... What a brave boy--I probably would have cried!!
Your reaction doesn't surprise me, it's exactly how I would have imagined you handling it. You really are soooo slow to anger. It's a great quality.
What a brave little guy! I would have been so mad at first! That is awesome they didn't charge you for it!
That is so crazy! That would have totally freaked me out when he came in with the bloody gauze. You are such a nice person. I would have been so mad. I need to try to follow your example more often. Elliott is so brave. The tooth fairy brings $2 to my kids, but I wish I would have thought to do the two shiny gold dollars. What a cute idea!!
He must have been pretty brave! I can't believe they would do it without you sitting right by him. Most kids need a bit of support for a thing like teeth-pulling.
My two older kids have had the same thing happen, where the adult teeth grew it before the baby ones came out. My oldest daughter got hers pulled, but on my second I realized they would just come out eventually on their own.
He is so brave Sinika! And you are so patient and sweet to deal with their mistake the way you did. That's nice that Eliot wasn't upset for getting them pulled out. The tooth fairy can always save the day! :)
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