And The Lies Continue . . .

As your kids grow up and get a bit older they slow down on reaching milestones every second week.
They have learnt to sit, crawl, walk, talk, run. They've had their first tooth, first day of school, first haircut, first pee on the potty and in the case of our little family; first concussion and first hospital visit.

You've watched them grow and mature and celebrated every little moment. But all of a sudden the milestones start to slow down. It's a lot longer between reaching new milestones and usually the celebration of each milestone has turned from a full blown party with treats all round to a congratulatory nod of the head, smile and perhaps a cuddle.

Well today my beautiful Miss5 has finally made it to her next mile stone. FIRST WOBBLY TOOTH!!

This was a pretty exciting one for us, she's spent days, weeks and months hoping for a tooth to fall out. She's longed for her new adult teeth and has even stopped brushing her teeth properly on occasions in the hope her teeth will fall out. (A lesson I learnt the hard way. Note to all parents when you tell your kid "if you don't brush your teeth properly they will all fall out" it might be what they are aiming for!)

This morning after inspecting her teeth, I noticed they were still a bit gross so I grabbed her brush to give them a good scrub. As I was scrubbing away I saw one of her teeth pointing in a different direction. A oh!! I thought her tooth was weird, then I noticed the wobble.

"Guess what? You have your first wobbly tooth" I proudly told Miss5

"YIPPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!" The scream was enough to wake the dead.

Excited doesn't even begin to describe how happy my girl was. She jumped and screamed and of course had to see for herself the wobbly tooth.
We even had to make a special phone call to daddy while he was working to tell him the good news.


"What happens when a tooth falls out?" I asked Miss 5 with a big smile

"You get an adult tooth!" She screamed.
I was thinking more along the lines of the tooth fairy visiting. I thought I might get away with that one, until my husband told her the tooth fairy comes and leaves money...now I'm in the shit-I have to make sure I have a gold coin ready for when this tooth comes out! And I have to do the whole tooth fairy thing. I've never been one to go for Santa, The Easter Bunny or The Tooth Fairy much, however both my kids have obviously heard of them and are totally into the whole idea....I guess the lies will continue for now. :-)

She's been walking around all day today smiling and using her tongue to wiggle her tooth. It started out only a tiny bit wobbly but the amount she's been playing with it I'm surprised it's still in there!!

I must admit I'm pretty surprised and happy about this milestone too. It feels like forever since the kids have reached any MAJOR milestones so it's pretty cool :-)