Brave Sir Jack and His Shark Tooth

This morning Jack had to go to the dentist and get a baby tooth pulled. Lucky for him, the tooth next to it came out on his own while he was sleeping on Saturday night. Otherwise he would have had to have two teeth pulled. The reason for all this tooth pulling was his second permanent tooth is already up behind the baby teeth. So the dentist needed to make room for that permanent tooth to move into the correct place.

Jack was so brave at the dentist. He was a bit hesitant getting into the chair, but after that he did exactly what they told him to do. They started giving him laughing gas right away, which helped him to relax. His dentist and hygienist were great and said exactly the right things to keep him calm. Jack didn't even flinch during the very long shot to numb him. He was a bit out of it due to the laughing gas, but his first words when he started talking and saw his tooth were, "That looks like a shark tooth!" And it does... that tooth was not ready to come out on it's own so it still had a very long root. It did not look like the two other baby teeth he's lost so far.

We decided he would stay home from sumer school today since his mouth was numb all morning. We also went to Target and he got to pick out soft foods to eat today and tomorrow. He chose mac and cheese, pudding, yogurt and ice cream. What a brave boy!