It's Out!

Yes, Number 2 has lost his first tooth. At 5 years and 5 months he's an early starter but his grown up teeth are right there ready to pop through.

He was so incredibly excited to have a wiggly appendage that we are grateful it fell out within a couple of days so we no longer had to resist the temptation to reach inside his mouth and rip out that little sucker by hand. Carl insisted on grabbing the phone off me every time I spoke to someone to tell whoever it was - and it really didn't matter to him - that his tooth was loose or had just fallen out.

He's now busy with his second wiggly tooth and having heard from the dentist during his last check-up that boys usually change their teeth between 6 and 8 years of age, has announced that he is "actually a bit six already".