Missing a Front Tooth

 Jonathan lost his first tooth!!!  With a little help from the dentist, this ugly, gray, wiggly tooth is finally gone.  Jonathan bit into an apple on Wednesday night and I thought for sure we would be able to get it out ourselves after the apple helped loosen it.  No such luck!  It was a stubborn tooth for having such a damaged root.  Jonathan got to breathe bubble gum nitrous oxide to help calm him and make his lips "tingly."  They distracted him with the iPad and tattoos.  Dr. Betsy debated taking both front teeth out because the other one looks funky on the x-ray too but since it's not gray and not bothering Jonathan yet, she decided to leave it for the time being.  While Dr. Betsy was giving Jonathan the shot, he started to ask, "Are you going to have to give me a shot?" and then he felt it.  He wiggled a little, cried a bit and said "Ow" several times but then it was over.  When she was giving the shot, a bunch of white puss came out behind the tooth.  It was definitely infected.  Gross!  When Dr. Betsy came back in to pull the tooth, he didn't feel it and was surprised it was out already.  He was very brave!  We are all happy this is behind us.  He looks so old now without his tooth!  Diana was a big help all week.  Jonathan was really worried about having to get it pulled and she kept saying, "Jonathan, calm down. It will be fine."  Or "Just get it out" or "the tooth fairy will bring you a whole dollar Jonathan."  It was very cute.  She was also given an iPad to play on.  Spoiled!  But really, the dentist office is just smart.

You can see how damaged and short the root was.