All About Teeth

The past few weeks have been all about teeth in the Lindsay house.  After all kinds of insurance hassles and dentist visits, Shianne finally had three teeth pulled.  Her baby teeth were just not releasing and causing all kinds of problems with her permanent teeth that are coming through.  She was not happy to have this done.  She was still traumatized by our first attempt to have her teeth pulled at our regular dentist office.  We all learned the lesson that she does not respond to Novocaine.  It is the equivalent of saline in her mouth.  NO PAIN RELIEF!!  This second attempt went much smoother and she felt nothing this time with anesthesia.  She is even less happy about the braces that will be coming, but one battle at a time.

Nora Beth lost her first tooth!  I looked in her mouth and noticed that she had a permanent tooth that had popped through.  She had not even noticed this herself.  Three days later the baby tooth came out.  Lamar and I gave it a bit of assistance without to much of a fight from Nora Beth.  Of course the anticipation of it coming out was much worse than the actual event!  Of course the Tooth Fairy visited Nora Beth and left her $1 and a lollipop.

Not to be left out of the tooth drama, Calum has four molars that are trying to make an appearance all at once.  It has been many months since he has gotten a new tooth.  I am happy for him to finally be getting these teeth...it opens up all kinds of food options for him now that he will actually be able to chew his food.