A couple weeks ago, I made some chocolate chip cookies. They had a great taste, however, they were as hard as a rock. Of course we couldn't let them to go waste, so one afternoon after school, the kids and I were pigging out on cookies in front of the TV. Maida kept complaining that her tooth really hurt when she ate the cookies. Upon investigation, I discovered that my hard-as-a-rock chocolate chip cookies had caused Maida's first loose tooth!
Several weeks went by. Maida didn't really love wiggling the tooth, so she told me it was her plan to wiggle it only twice a day until it came out. By the time we arrived in Arizona, her twice a day wiggling had paid off and the tooth was now hanging by threads.
Maida was searching for a way to get her tooth to fall out. She tried biting into an apple, but that didn't work. Auntie Kim came over to visit us for lunch one afternoon and she had the bright idea of trying to pull Maida's tooth out with a tortilla.
Maida bit down hard and clamped down tightly.
Auntie Kim pulled the tortilla out of her mouth and BAM, her tooth came flying out. In fact, it flew out so fast that we didn't even see it!
At first we didn't think it worked, but after seeing blood in Maida's mouth, we looked again and there was no tooth! We thought she might have swallowed it, but later found it on the floor.
Maida was a happy girl! She kept looking in the mirror and jumping up and down. I think she'll always remember losing her first tooth!
For a video of the tooth coming out - watch below...
