6 1/2 and she finally lost her first tooth. When she realized it was loose, she was in a panic that it might hurt. Then she was worried that she might swallow it. She is such a worrier. Finally two nights ago, we were brushing her teeth and it was wobbling about wildly. I told her to just grab it and yank it out. She looked at me like I had lost my mind, but she did it and it came right out.
She really wanted to leave a note for the tooth fairy. She said she wanted to know where she lived. I talked her out of it for now, but when I was in bed I envisioned writing her teeny tiny notes from her very own tooth fairy. I don't know how I would have explained that to Tyler who recently made a fairy house out of a cardboard box and left food in it for her for three nights in a row. Her friend told her that if she did this a fairy would come to live there and write her a note. I considered writing her a note but I didn't want to encourage leaving food out in her room every night. And honestly, I never really thought she believed she would get a note. But apparently she did because after a few nights she got frustrated and said, "It's not working!" in a very exasperated tone. I felt guilty, but just for a minute because now the shoe box is gone and so are the orange slices.
