Poor Elizabeth didn’t get to have either of her two front teeth come out naturally. She knocked out the right one years ago (and we’re so happy to have the adult one coming in at long last!), and yesterday she had to get the left one extracted. It had been loose for months, but the adult tooth decided to start coming in behind it, so we had to pull it before it messed up the other tooth any more. This was my first time with a kiddo under laughing gas and with anesthesia, so it was a little nerve-wracking, but Elizabeth did great! The dentist said she needed to stick around the office the rest of the day and show the wimpy teenagers how it’s done. We celebrated her courage back home with fruit smoothies.
