The kidlet lost his first official tooth already! (The one that got knocked out when he slipped and fell into a coffee table doesn’t count! ;))  He is only just barely five, and while that falls in the normal range for first tooths to go, its about a year ahead of the average. Being ahead of the curve isn’t something we’ve seen much of, given his first six months of neglect before he was taken in by DHS.
The top hole is the face smash into a coffee table hole — its the bottom one that is the new and “official” one! ;)Â
It had been loose for a few days. One night he went in his room with the tooth still there. He came out an hour later to report that his tooth was missing. I suppose it just finally slipped out and that he swallowed it because he had no idea where it went and said he didn’t pull it out. We had to write a note to the tooth fairy and explain what happened. He drew her a picture of the tooth so she couldn’t get confused. Of course, confusion might reign as his drawing would lead you to believe that the tooth was bigger than a peson and bright red!