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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

tooth!

Juma lost his first loose tooth! This is his third tooth to go, but the first two never became loose and had to be pulled by the dentist to let in the two adult teeth. So this is the first to come out on its own. It's been loose for a very long time, but Juma was nervous about pulling it, so it was quite loose by now. He pulled it himself, while wiggling it, and rushed up to me with a large gap and a mouth full of blood. He didn't even notice the blood, he was so excited.

Here he is sporting the very loose tooth:



The tooth, soon to be sacrificed to the tooth fairy:



And his new smile:

4 comments:

Rus said...

Congratulations Juma!

Monica Rich said...

Hurray! Abigail currently has three loose, all at once! They will be her first(s). It's so exciting for kids.

Laura said...

sweet!

Matt&Andria said...

Love your new toothless smile, Juma! What did the toothfairy bring?