Another Milestone

Orin lost his first tooth last night. I don't know who was more excited, him or me! He's almost 7 and is one of the last kids in his class to lose a tooth. He's been asking for months when it is going to happen - the poor kid felt left out. When he first realized his tooth was loose I couldn't believe how excited I was. I think it's because when I was young I thought losing my teeth was the best thing ever. I would notice it a tad bit loose and by the end of the day it would be out. I'd work on it all day. Last week I made the mistake of mentioning to Orin that we could tie a string around it and a door knob and slam the door. He wanted to do that right then. But I could tell it wasn't quite ready. But all week he kept asking, "Is it loose enough? Is it ready?" Micaiah was so into it too and kept asking if it was ready. Finally, last night it was really loose. I'd try to fool with it but he didn't like that and asked again to do the string. Damien thought we were crazy - especially since it was his first tooth to come out. But Orin was so set on it we figured we'd try. I used dental floss and tied it to our bathroom door. My only worry was that our wood floors are really old with big gaps and I was afraid that we might lose it if it fell in. It was tough getting that string around the tooth. We tried twice and both times the string slipped off when I shut the door. But Orin was determined. Damien and Micaiah laid on the bed not looking. Finally, I got the string good and tight. Orin hugged me tightly and I shut the door as hard as I could. Orin didn't make a sound so I thought it still hadn't worked. But I looked down and the tooth was still attached to the string. It was sort of amazing actually. He didn't even know it had come out. He was surprisingly speechless and bit in shock with the hole in his mouth - he didn't' say much for a few minutes except that he wanted the bleeding to stop. We put the tiny tooth in a Ziploc bag and put it under his pillow. He asked how much money we were going to give him. He said 500B? LOL. That's about US $15! I told him no way. I kept joking about the tooth fairy but he doesn't like us joking about that stuff since he knows it's not real. He just wanted the money. Being the bad mom that I am I went to bed and forgot (whoops) but luckily Damien remembered! I won't write about every tooth lost, but since it was the first one I don't want to forget it.