The usual routine. I pull the GMC into the carpool line and wait for my little Rockstar to come bounding in the car. Of course he has to open and shut the door exactly 5 times before he'll get in. I look back to ask him if he had a good day........
WHAT THE? He has a hole in his grill! OMG! Where is his tooth? Surely he's too young to be losing baby teeth right? Which one of your little autistic punk classmates knocked it out? Where is his mother? Did you get in a fight? Does it hurt? Are you bleeding?
All of these are questions the Rock can't answer. Of course I'm a psycho and take him to the dentist and hold him in the grip of death headlock while he screams and she takes a look. No biggie. Just fell out. He's almost 6. It happens.
Where is said tooth? Who knows. Teachers couldn't find it. Probably ate it.
So everyone thinks it's cute and asks him if the tooth fairy came to see him.
Right.
So I'm supposed to explain to my little autistic studmuffin that when you lose a tooth a "magical fairy with wings and pixie dust is going to fly through your window and leave you some money under your pillow". I'm sure he'd understand that and be totally excited. Not. He'd wake up and wonder what this freaking green peice of paper is under his pillow, go throw it in the trash, think the hole in his mouth is cool to stick his tongue through - and get on with his day.
So what do I do to make myself feel like less of a sucky mom for not selling out to the tooth fairy? I put some gummy lifesavers under his pillow. He didn't know why they were there - but I guarantee he smiled and thought that was the best breakfast ever.
And the rest of the morning all I heard was "more gummy please?"..................
Tooth fairy, smooth fairy......
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Hello to the Rock & his Mom
CASE OF THE MISSING TOOTH
Yesterday was a day from hell. Began by mowing the lawn in 85 degree heat with a severe case of chiggers on my arms and legs. And then...my daughter calls me around 5:00 p.m. to tell me that my grandson had just knocked out one of his front teeth.
Suddenly we are on our way to the Children's Hospital with baby tooth in a plastic container of soy milk (yes, my grandson is very allergic to dairy). My daughter is driving like a bat out of hell as I grip the door handle and anything else I can find to hold on to. At this point I have taken a couple of Xanax.
Meanwhile, my sweet little grandson is sitting in his car seat in the backseat babbling and smiling and making both his mommy and me feel really, really frightened. What will they do with this tooth?
Well, as you already know...NOTHING! It's a baby tooth, so he will just have to go "toothless" for a few years. I'm thinking, GREAT - THERE GO ALL THE CUTE PHOTOS OF HIM SMILING.
We came home from the hospital, completely defeated and feeling like CRAP. When I got back to my house, I got on my computer and searched for autism and knocked out tooth. BAM! Your blog came up and my daughter and I have been laughing ever since. It is great to get someone else's perspective on something so simple as a "knocked out tooth".
So, thank you to Rock and his Mommy ... and keep the stories coming.
Thanks for the note
So glad you searched and took a minute to read! Glad to know we don't have the only toothless wonder walking around! Best to your lil Brayden!
Started off about a tooth....
So my just turned 5 year old had a sippy cup mishap this past Thursday and completely knocked out his front tooth. It hardly bled much to my surprise (he has a bleeding disorder) and he hardly noticed...which I guess shouldn't have been a surprise considering he has no pain sensation.
After a fairly quick visit to the ER, we came home...grandma went home...and I was feeling like the worst mom ever. Well grandma decided to get on the internet and look up "knocked out teeth mishaps" and found your blog. She immediately forwarded it to me and after reading almost every single one of your blogs...my tears of feeling like s* turned into tears of laughing my a* off!
Almost every single one of your stories sounds like our life...minus #1 dad. I had to sign up and let you know that your stories have completely changed my outlook on this whole "autism thing"...it's not so bad...when no one's looking.
Ha...I just realized the comment above mine is grandma...lol
Thank you for your stories...they are better than any Jenny McCarthy book...which whom by the way I love!
Keep em coming...God knows I need the laughs!!!
mimi
so glad you took the time to read! I bet you have a lot of "funny" stories yourself. We tend to get a sick sense of humor after a while don't we! I saw your profile pic and ya'll are completely adorable. Hey, at least our kids are cute lol. Keep your good sense of humor!!!