TEETH!

My mission this weekend will be to get a good picture to go along with this post. Here's our story:

A month or more ago I noticed this large gap between Emma's teeth on the top left side. I was showing everyone and anyone because it really bothered me. It was a huge gap! Well this weekend, actually I'm not sure when, I noticed that a tooth was trying to grow in this gap. I would look and look, count and count. There should be no tooth there. Now this bothered me even more. Tuesday morning I was telling the babysitter and she suggested I call a pediatric dentist. I called Dr. Green because I had heard from numerous people he was the man to go to. Normally they have a waiting list, but the lady who answered the phone said that they could see her early since I believed there was a problem. So Emma had an appointment for August 31st. There was no way in this world that I could wait that long plus that would be the second week of school. I then called my dentist and asked to speak directly to the dental hygienist that I always see. She could work us in Thursday. I had to wait 3 days not 3 months. Linda said she would look, possibly do an x-ray but didn't think there was anything to worry about. So we go today and Emma was a trooper. She didn't fuss, didn't cry, didn't try to cling to me. I sat in the chair and she sat between my legs. Linda looked once, then again....yes she did believe there was an extra tooth. So she took two x-rays. Once again Emma was great, I couldn't believe this was my Emma being so good. The x-rays confirmed it. Dr. Fowler came in and said the same thing. My Emma has an extra tooth. How crazy is that!? At this point there's nothing that needs to be done, and I shouldn't worry. (That will be hard to do). So from now until my child is at least 6 ( or when she loses it) she will have an extra tooth. Dr. Fowler hopes that when the permanent teeth come in they will push it out and everything will be fine, but we have to wait and see. If that doesn't happen then we will deal with it at that point.