The tooth fairy is coming tomorrow night...

It's been a rough couple of years with Vinny's teeth. If you have been following my blog, or my life, you know that he had an accident right after he was 2 on a trampoline. He and Berit were playing on it, and someone jumped up, and it caused Vinny to bounce up into the air, and land with his mouth on her knee (Poor Berit, she was hurting too) Vinny's 2 front teeth were pushed back up into his gums. One was very bad, the other just slightly. We took him to the dentist, and Dr. Lugo decided that we were going to just watch it. As time went on, his tooth grew out a bit, but the 2 next to it started turning very yellow/brown.
We went to the see Dr Lugo every 3 months just to make sure that things didn't get worse. The main concern was that the baby teeth would cause damage to the permanent teeth. In December, we went in and did x-rays and found that 2 of the teeth were starting to implode on themselves. It was time to have them pulled. Once they get to that point, the chance of causing permanent damage is very high, and we don't want to take that risk.

So at 8:00 am tomorrow Vinny is going to have 2 of his front teeth pulled. Not the short one, because even though it is damaged looking, it is healthy. It will be his 2 upper left teeth.


I am devastated. I realize that they are baby teeth and will grow back, but it won't be for a few years. We looked into a "flipper" which would replace those teeth, but he is just too young, and with his speech issues, we don't want to put a foreign object in his mouth. I realize that things could be worse. I do. But I am just so broken hearted about this right now. This is my baby. He is going to be missing teeth for a few years. He also has to go through the traumatic step of going to the dentist and coming out in pain.

Wish us luck tomorrow. I am sure everything will be fine, just different.

Here is a pic from a few months back that you can see his teeth before we take them out.