Thursday, October 23, 2008

Loose Teeth and Parental Dentistry

My daughter lost her first tooth a few weeks ago. She lost her second tooth this week. She's only five and I'm wondering if this is too early, because I didn't start losing teeth until age 6 and change.

The second tooth had an air of deja vu, too. Like I did with my first lost tooth, my daughter came down to our living room after bedtime, worried that it would fall out. Just like my dad did nearly 30 years ago, I reached in and flipped the little tooth out with the same flick of the finger. It was almost an identical replay of what losing teeth was for me back then.

I guess we all become our parents to some extent, but to follow the footsteps so easily was uncanny!

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