Shark's Teeth

It's a rite of passage for children all over the world. Loose tooth. Tooth falls out. Tooth fairy visit. Black hole. New tooth finally pops through.

Passing from baby to permanent teeth, a process we've all experienced.

"Peanut's" experience was backwards. Her permanent lower teeth actually started coming in well before her baby teeth fell out. They call it "shark's teeth" and though it sends many parents into panic mode, there is actually nothing problematic about this reverse process. In fact, it can take the baby teeth as long as 2-3 months to loosen and finally make way for the impatient permanent teeth, a surprisingly long but normal length of time. 

So was the case for Peanut. Finally she lost her firth baby tooth. (Can you see the hole?) And the next one over is very loose and ready to come out most likely today.

Just in case you are curious, the tooth fairy does visit American kids in Italy. Man, she's impressive, flying all the way over here!!

Peanut received American dollars, and though was quite thrilled, did indicate that she'd like "Italian money" for her next tooth. We let her know that a little note was in order to the tooth fairly, to give her the chance to gift Euros instead of dollars.

Smart girl! The euros are worth more with such a bad dollar exchange rate right now!

Comments

[Scintilla]

To get Italian money, you need to have the 'Topolino' visit!
My son is just finishing this stage too.