Our first children’s medical emergency happened yesterday morning…we finally got out the kids’ bikes, and in the midst of them playing around, Elizabeth managed to faceplant off her scooter onto the sidewalk and scratch up her face. There was a lot of blood, and we didn’t notice until half an hour later that she’d also chipped off part of her tooth. Panic set in (for me–Derek thought I was overreacting), and after a quick call to the children’s dentist recommended by one of Derek’s colleagues (miraculously, they have Saturday hours), Elizabeth was off to her first trip to the dentist a few months earlier than planned.
The first two teeth are pretty loose, and the affected tooth may turn colors and/or fall out. If it doesn’t, they can build it back up until she loses it naturally in 5 years or so. I am crestfallen. It actually doesn’t seem as bad today as it did yesterday (nothing’s bleeding anymore!), but she needs to eat soft foods and be extra careful. Try getting a two year old to be extra careful. Not that Elizabeth’s front teeth looked that great to begin with, but I feel terrible about the whole thing.
And of course, when you let your 4 year old pick out the bandaids at the drugstore, this is all you have on hand in the diaper bag when your medicine cabinet is still in a box somewhere. Looks good for a visit to a new church, eh?
Oh, poor little girl! Thank goodness she is alright and no longer bleeding. Hopefully her little teeth won’t turn colors!
Oh Lizzie! Bless her heart! And yours too!!!!
so sorry!!! hope all is ok- i can’t imagine getting a two year old to be careful either…
I have the same chip! But mine’s in my permanent tooth – that’s nice to know she won’t have to live with it her whole life.
::chuckling:: The accident sounds horrid, but the picture of Lizzie with a chipped tooth and CARS Band-Aids is just too funny!!!