It was an exciting night at our house last week Wednesday! Presley told me casually that she had a loose tooth. She came over and I wiggled it...indeed, it was loose. Jason told her to come over so he could see. Then he said "Holly, she has a tooth coming in behind it already!" So, I took a look. We exchanged glances both wondering if it was good or bad that it wasn't coming under the loose tooth...but actually behind it. So, what did I do? Googled it! I found that this was quite common...called Shark's teeth. I also found out that kids usually start loosing teeth between ages 6-7 but that girls commonly loose them sooner. Presley will be 5 1/2 in early Feb. It also said to contact your dentist to find out what to do next. Thursday a.m. I contacted a local dentist who also confirmed that this was very common. We set-up an appt. for that afternoon to have it looked at. Jason met Presley and I there late afternoon. We had 2 options...to work with it until it came out or to have the dentist remove it. Because Presley would hardly even let us look at it, we chose option 2. They gave her a little "happy gas" to calm her nerves (Jason asked if they had extra for parents!) and within 10 minutes, it was out! She did so great! She even said to me after that she would like all her teeth taken out like that! 
That night, the tooth fairy came and gave her a $2 bill. She was very excited! One tooth down...20+ to go!
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