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You Swallowed What?!

10/17/2013

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In the last 5 days, Neely has played so rough that her loose, but not quite ready to come out, tooth has been hit 3 times. Every time she hit it made it a little looser, and every time it bled some. She has been so excited. It's her first, top loose tooth. She has been talking so much about the tooth fairy and trying to stay awake to see him/her.

This morning when her knee hit it, it was dangling. She could turn it sideways and looked SO funny! Wish I had taken a picture of it.

So I was washing dishes and the girls were watching a movie when I heard the ear-piercing, shrieking, bloody mercy squeal of Neely. If you don't know her personally, then you haven't had a chance to hear it. She is loud. Even her normal talking voice is loud (she's gets it from her daddy). She could definitely be a cheerleader with that voice. Here's an example from when she was a toddler:
So that shrill made me immediately stop what I was doing. I thought somebody had really got hurt! Neely was screaming, "My tooth, my tooth! It's gone! I swallowed my tooth!

She was terribly upset and crying. She was devastated. She had been eating a pear when it happened. She had blood dripping from her mouth and was in an innocent panic. I was devastated for her. She had waited six months for that loose tooth to come out th to put under her pillow. It broke my heart.

I asked her if she was sure she had swallowed it. I knew full well she had. I mean, was there another explanation? Could it be that while she was chewing, it fell out of her mouth? Not likely.

She cried, "I know I swallowed it because I can feel it and it's not there!

I got her pear from her and started looking at the new gaping hole between her teeth when Teagan started shrieking too.

"There it is! I found it! It's in her pear!" 



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And sure enough, there it was stuck right up in the last bite she had taken.
Relief. That's the feeling I had come over me. Neely was happy. All is right with the world. And the tooth fairy can add us to her agenda. 

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Candace
10/17/2013 12:04pm

I knew it was in the pear! alright we gonna have to start chopping legs!

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Jennifer
10/17/2013 12:09pm

Darn skippy!! They're getting too big! And you know when those chicklets start coming in, their entire appearance changes from sweet little babies to almost grown. =(

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    Jennifer L.

    I am a married, South Carolina homeschooling mama to 3 of my 4 girls. I'll be honest; they drive me NUTS sometimes. But, I am here to tell you that I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! I'm not your typical homeschool mom. I am not an over-achieving Martha Stewart. I am just a plain, everyday, laid back, patient person. I occasionally slip up a cuss word when I step on Legos, and I mean every word of it. I partake in adult beverages whenever my BFF, a former homeschooler with her MSN who landed an awesome job as a college nursing instructor, can get away so we can reminisce about the good old days.  Where most moms can relate, I love my children. Homeschooling has been a blessing for my family, and I am so thankful that I have been able to continue into a second year.

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