A Drunk Tooth Fairy

An adventure in parenting. We’re both in our bedroom with Maeryn, getting towards the time of the evening when it’s time to brush our teeth, this week mostly to Ms. Rachel¹, when Tammy sees something in the carpet.

It’s a tooth.

We both stare at each other and then start trying to work out how and when Maeryn lost it. I am distraught that we didn’t even notice that she was in pain, saying that we’re terrible parents for not realizing. Tammy, however, is not wallowing, and doing the proper thing of getting Maeryn to open her mouth. Which she eventually does².

All her teeth are there.

So now we have gone from “how did we not notice that Maeryn has lost a tooth” to “er, there is a random human tooth in our bedroom”

Daycare Fight Club? Drunk Tooth Fairy? We will never know.

Children are fun! And full of surprises! Horrifying surprises.