Bad Mama

[iJenny]

Ok, I am the worst mama EVER and I feel so awful I could just cry!! :crying:

Cameron, my six-year old, is about to lose his two top front teeth. They've been very wiggly for a while now, but he doesn't like us to mess with them. Well, he went camping with my parents for a few days and when he got back today, one of the teeth was just barely hanging there. Literally.

So after a bunch of begging and pleading and crying (he's a very nervous kid) he finally let me tie a string around it. I even bribed him with a pack of Webkinz Trading Cards. You see, he has baseball tomorrow and I don't want it coming out at the baseball field.

So... the string is tied around his tooth and I give it a good yank, expecting it to pop right out and it doesn't. And he screams. And it starts bleeding and he HATES blood. So he's freaking out and I can't get the string untied from his tooth. I realize that I'm going to have to just yank it off. So I give it a really hard yank hoping that the tooth pops out and it still doesn't but the string does come off (thank god).

So now he's bawling and bleeding and really really mad at me (and I don't blame him) and that damn tooth is still hanging there even more precariously than before. But there is NO WAY he's gonna let me near his mouth again.

I feel so bad. I think it really hurt him. That sucker is really hanging on tight in his mouth.

So, yeah. Bad mama. :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

ETA: He just came upstairs to play Webkinz and I told him that I was really sorry for hurting him. I started crying (I'm a bit emotional today, if you can't tell lol) and he gave me this look like "ok, crazy lady" and patted the top of my head and said, "its fine" like nothing ever happened. My sweet boy...

[Contance]

LOL, I never did the tooth pulling at our house, just couldn't do it

My daughter did most of hers herself, and my middle son has pulled a few of his own, he is afraid of his dad and like I said I won't do it! Our youngest hasn'et started losing any yet, but I am sure it will start soon enough

C

[meems]

aww, poor mommy and Cameron. I could never bring myself to do that. DH does it.

[hhleung]

Poor both of you. I hope I never have to get to the point of pulling it. I would probably have to get my mom to do it (she used to be a nurse)

FWIW, my DD's first loose tooth was loose for many weeks before it finally came out.....and it was very loose for at least several days so Cameron may have a few more days with it.....

Helen

[mrs_jb]

Awww, HUGS Jenny! My oldest hashis first one lose right now and there is no way he would let me anywhere near it and now I don't think I want to, LOL!

[Aggie Aviso]

Sounds like my son who is deathly scared of blood and anything yucky and all possibilities of dying (he thinks he can die at the littlest amount of blood, LOL). We had a similar encounter last month - negotiation of pulling the tooth took WEEKS!!! LOL, but I did manage to get the tooth pulled out. :D Goodluck!

[ColleenSwerb]

Awww it's ok Jenny! I'm sorry that tooth is being so super difficult!

[newfiemountiewife]

Benjamin had one like that, it was literally hanging by a thread, and he could hardly brush his teeth. But he didn't let me anywhere near it. Don't feel bad, I would have expected it to just pop right out also. ((hugs))

[joelsgirl]

Eh, a little blood is good for them.

[uptowngirl]

aw, you are not a bad mama!! i can see how you feel bad but not a bad mama at all! you just wanted him to be rid of that bad bad tooth!!

[kscwgirl]

Aww Jenny! Poor kid. I would have thought it would come right out too. ((((hugs))))

[my3hens]

Oh hugs honey!! Kids are SO resliant!! If it helps my dd JUST turned 6 May 29th and has lost three teeth already and the last one was a doozy. She thought she was a pro and let us try the whole door knob trick and it didnt work and we went through just about the same! It will come out soon.

[scrappycharmer]

Oh that stinks! I did that with DS's first tooth too and ended up driving 15 minutes to the dentist to have him remove it. I think it cost me like $30 too!! DD quite the opposite she is going to get that tooth out come hell or high water!!! haha!

[Paula]

Aww how cute that he said it was ok.

[~Julie~]

{{hugs}} You are not a bad momma

Maybe my girls are weird but they like the taste of blood LOL

[krystalhartley]

Awwww...chin up, mommy!

My kids aren't quite that squeamish, thankfully. Once it's loose like that, I apply a numbing ointment (like orajel) to the area with a qtip, and then once it's doing its thing, I twist the tooth to get it to lose its grip. Sometimes there is a little bit of blood, but it doesn't hurt at all. Fortunately, I've never had to yank. :)

[lizzyfizzy]

freaking crap!! your are not even close to being a bad mom you are just a really really REALLY bad tooth puller outer. WTH?!?! you know i love you. =)

[crecia27]

I was reading this, all awww and poor mommy - then I read the "he patted me on the head" and I laughed out loud. My co-worker wants to know what I'm laughing about!

My 6 yr old lost his first one this week too! LITERALLY lost it - it did not make it home from school :thumbdown:

[hhleung]

I was reading this, all awww and poor mommy - then I read the "he patted me on the head" and I laughed out loud. My co-worker wants to know what I'm laughing about!

My 6 yr old lost his first one this week too! LITERALLY lost it - it did not make it home from school :thumbdown:

So what does the tooth fairy do when there's no tooth to put under the pillow? How does she know that the tooth is gone?

(just want to be prepared in case it happens to us.... :) )

Helen

[DawnMarch]

omgosh, you are so brave for even trying to pull that out! I get shivers when my kids even show me their loose teeth!

[mcardall]

YUCK! I hate teeth. The thought of pulling a tooth makes me a bit queasy! Which is really funny because I loved to pull my own out. I agree with Krystal. My dad used to numb us up, twist the tooth around a few times, squeeze the top of the tooth and pull. The twisting loosens the skin around the tooth and the yanking gets that root (i don't know if that's really what it is) out. and remember that mouth wounds bleed a lot to get rid of excess bacteria. my sister did have one tooth that would NOT come out. It was literally hanging and my dad was holding my sister on his lap to pull the tooth out. He literally pulled himself up off the couch trying to get that sucker out. It wouldn't come out and she was screaming! So she ate a banana and swished it around in her mouth and it popped right out. good luck getting that sucker out.