As a kid I seemed to get hit in the mouth a lot. I had several incidents with teeth damage – starting with a fall on the concrete driveway when I was around 4 (?) that resulted in a gray baby tooth. That damaged baby tooth lead to an adult tooth that is discolored to this day. One of my biggest fears has been that my kids will get a gray “dead” baby tooth. It almost happened 2 years ago, with Spencer’s fall that totally tore up his mouth and hurt his teeth. It was terrible but thankfully, THANKFULLY he has no lasting damage. Well, literally 2 years TO THE DAY of that incident, Samantha fell too. What are the odds? August 14th is clearly not a good day in my book!
On Sunday night I got Samantha out of the bath and wrapped her up in her hooded towel. She took two steps, slid on the wet floor and, because her arms were wrapped up in the towel, caught herself on the tile floor with her front teeth. I knew immediately that it was bad. Her teeth were bleeding and she was screaming and it was my worst fear coming true. Ugh. She recovered pretty quickly and we got her to sleep. I took her to the dentist the next day. She had to get up early from her nap to go so BaaBaa and her paci got to go with us…
A little unsure about this whole dentist thing!
She didn’t want anything to do with getting an x-ray but actually happily let Dr. Thomas look at her teeth. He said she hit really, really hard. She hit so hard the tissue between her teeth tore. 🙁 Like with Spencer, he gave her a round of antibiotics and now we just wait and see. If they are going to turn gray it will happen in the next 2 weeks or so. Dr. Thomas gave it a 50/50 chance. I am heartbroken. Please, please don’t let my sweet baby’s teeth turn gray!! Prayers for healthy, white teeth are very appreciated right now!
