A very broke Tooth Fairy

When Ryan had his teeth cleaned a few weeks ago the dentist tells him he has either 7 or 11 teeth loose! Can't remember which one, but thats a helluva lot of teeth. One of his 1 yr molars fell out while he was chewing last week. He got a buck. A few years ago he was visiting my sister Jen and my new BIL in New York and lost one. Apparently in New York the tooth fairy shells out big bucks....$20 to be exact.

The tooth fairy determines the monetary amount by how hard they have to work to get the tooth out. It ranges generally from $1 to $5. His other upper 1 yr molar has been loose for probably over a month now. His permanent teeth for this particular tooth (actually on both sides) have started to come in, in front of his baby teeth. So obviously, its pretty imperative that he pull them out soon. So tonight, he tells Chris and I that the tooth is hanging. We check it out, we ooh and ahh, and we tell him to pull it.

My poor son. The tooth was literally hanging there. He worked for almost 3 HOURS tonight to get that baby out. He was in pain, he had a headache and even asked me if he could stay home from school tomorrow because it hurt so much. "kiddo, just pull it out" I tell him.

He finally got it out at around 9:45 tonight. His bedtime is 9pm. He went through 3 popsicles to numb the gum so he wouldn't feel it. When he finally yanked that stubborn thing out, there was a chunk of his gum still attached to it! Ewwwwwww!!!!! No wonder why that f*cker hurt! Now my dilemma.... its under his pillow, the tooth fairy will visit (obviously with a $5!) but I'm thinking when that piece of flesh dies, its gonna stink. Never had this happen before. lol

Needless to say, there's been alot of drama around here.