The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth

Welllllll, I must say right off I'm NOT a dentist.

I am however a mother.

With a child who is hurting....

Because she still has a tooth that is turned around BACKWARD in her mouth!!!

The dentist decided that the tooth DOES need to come out but they want to have it come out by itself.....FOR NOW.

They want her to wiggle it, work it, push it, shove it, force it out.

Right.

Did I mention "it huuuurrrrrttts!"? And that it's swollen?

Sooooo, if it hasn't come out in 2 weeks then we get to schedule the extraction. Oh and did I mention that they didn't do it today because it takes a while? And did I also mention that they had "a while" because their next appointment (who is my lovable B) had cancelled? Yeah.

Thanks for that dentist person! Thanks for the sleepless night that my child is having. Thanks for the weeping, the wailing, the *gentle* gnashing of teeth. Thanks for the guilt I feel for being at work while she is miserable. Thanks for the frustration and helplessness my hubs is feeling because of his daughter's suffering. Thanks for the person my child will be in the morning from lack of sleep. Thank you for all of this; we owe this all to you and your *busy* schedule; we wouldn't be doing this without you. And that my friends is the tooth; the whole tooth and nothing but the TOOTH! *mwah*

Ow, ow, ow

Hayden has been complaining about her mouth hurting for the past couple weeks.

Hasn't seemed like anything is wrong to me. Granted she did have 4 loose teeth and she did lose 2 of those and have the new ones coming in. But she was complaining about the bottom where the teeth were barely loose. She has a dental appointment tomorrow and has been really nervous about it.

Fast forward to this evening when I was helping brush her teeth (she is going to see the dentist tomorrow after all!!) and realized that one of the teeth on the bottom coming in has made the tooth next to it turn SIDEWAYS AND LAY DOWN!!! My poor baby! No wonder it has been hurting. And no wonder she is nervous about the dentist. She was convinced that she was going to be getting braces tomorrow!!

Not sure what the dentist will be doing tomorrow. Pulling the tooth maybe? Hayden is upset because I will be at work and Grammy will be taking her to the dentist. I wish I could be there with her. Sounds a lot like last Wednesday's post but there it is. At least Mom won't have to worry about Belle too; it looks like she is going to a birthday party!

??????

I know we're not supposed to sweat the small things.

But what are you supposed to do when the small things *gang* up on you?

I'm. just. asking!

Really?

So my hubs just informed me that he is glad that we never had boys.

Why?

Because apparently I get really rowdy watching football games and he feels I would have been that way watching my boys play.

Well....duh!!

War Eagle!!

NO, NO, NO!!!

I just found out that there are plans to close our local public library in February 2010!! And we're just now hearing about it!

Our library is always packed. Any season, any time of day. Kids that live right around it still bike to it. They have story times that are attended by tons of people. Schools go there for field trips. We're there at least every other week, more often in the summer. How can they take that away from our community? I understand it's about funding and everything but shouldn't there be options to save it? I don't know if there is but I'm sure gonna try to find some way to try. If you have any ideas please let me know. HELP!!

Why is is

when the Mommy is continually bothered by the children it's okay but when it's the Daddy it's a huge problem? I'm.just.saying!

An Eventful Day

And I missed hearing all about it in person because I was at work.

I did however get a blow by blow description (no pun intended) of Belle's "massive" nosebleed and Hayden's "horrible" bleeding mouth followed by another lost tooth over the phone.

Sometimes (read: most of the time) I hate having to work and leave the family at home!! I love when I pick up the girls from school and I get to hear all about their days! Of course that is when the bickering starts; but it's also when I get to reconnect with my girls, hear about their day, school, their friends, lunch, tests, problems, accomplishments, issues, etc. It is our time and when Andy asks how was your day and they say "Ask Mommy" I know how their day was.

Please let that continue into their middle and high school years! And please let me not miss too much on my work Wednesdays!