Comments on: Befrazzled’s How-To Guide…To Ripping Teeth Out of Your Child’s Head http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/ Chronicles of a Mule Mom Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:58:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: phyllis http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/comment-page-1/#comment-546 phyllis Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:31:08 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/?p=64#comment-546 you'll note that I mentioned my eldest knocked his 2 top front teeth out at the age of 4--he was double that by the time they grew back in. Drinking through a straw or eating spaghetti was a breeze. That said, I would NOT recommend encouraging a kid to fall up a set of concrete stairs face first as a means of tooth extraction. It leaves blood, lots and lots of blood. I would also not recommend having 8 year olds fly over their handlebars going downhill. That is how my husband lost his top 2 PERMANENT teeth. you’ll note that I mentioned my eldest knocked his 2 top front teeth out at the age of 4–he was double that by the time they grew back in. Drinking through a straw or eating spaghetti was a breeze. That said, I would NOT recommend encouraging a kid to fall up a set of concrete stairs face first as a means of tooth extraction. It leaves blood, lots and lots of blood. I would also not recommend having 8 year olds fly over their handlebars going downhill. That is how my husband lost his top 2 PERMANENT teeth.

]]> By: Robin Dec http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Robin Dec Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:56:25 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/?p=64#comment-545 Phyllis, funnily enough, he was a vampire this past Halloween already. Also funny, he looked over my shoulder for part of the making of the tutorial (hey...now there's a whole other blog series right there). Oddly, his only beef with my rendering of his likeness, "Mom, I wear glasses. Why don't you have me wearing glasses?" My bad. Phyllis, funnily enough, he was a vampire this past Halloween already. Also funny, he looked over my shoulder for part of the making of the tutorial (hey…now there’s a whole other blog series right there). Oddly, his only beef with my rendering of his likeness, “Mom, I wear glasses. Why don’t you have me wearing glasses?”

My bad.

]]> By: Cheryl Engfer http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Cheryl Engfer Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:01:56 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/?p=64#comment-544 I remember those days. Lola is still losing teeth and she will turn them every which way. And much like your son, she would NOT go to bed until it was out! Austin would always wait until he lost them while eating. In fact, when he got braces he had to have 3 teeth pulled because he'd be 25 before they'd come out on their own! I remember those days. Lola is still losing teeth and she will turn them every which way. And much like your son, she would NOT go to bed until it was out!

Austin would always wait until he lost them while eating. In fact, when he got braces he had to have 3 teeth pulled because he’d be 25 before they’d come out on their own!

]]> By: phyllis http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/comment-page-1/#comment-543 phyllis Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:52:04 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/?p=64#comment-543 I also think you've figured out this year's halloween costume. Figure 5, the sequel has a definite vampire feel to it. Maybe his new teeth will be in by then, and they'll be pointy. Chips tied for 2nd behind Iowa in the NCAA wrestling tourney. Ew-Wah! I also think you’ve figured out this year’s halloween costume. Figure 5, the sequel has a definite vampire feel to it. Maybe his new teeth will be in by then, and they’ll be pointy.

Chips tied for 2nd behind Iowa in the NCAA wrestling tourney. Ew-Wah!

]]> By: Robin Dec http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Robin Dec Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:44:47 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/?p=64#comment-539 I'll go check it out! I’ll go check it out!

]]> By: phyllis http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/comment-page-1/#comment-538 phyllis Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:14:45 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/?p=64#comment-538 apples always work for the front teeth. A nice big bite and out it comes. Make sure to use a red one--then the blood blends in with the rest of the apple. For molars, it's bubble gum--lots and lots of bubble gum. When I was a kid, you could get bubble gum in a container shaped like a tooth. After you used the bubble gum to extract the tooth, the container became the optimal (and obvious) storage unit. To staunch the bleeding, have the kid suck on a wet tea bag (I learned this from the dentist when my eldest knocked his top 2 teeth out at the age of 4). Mom needs to suck on a large martini or marguerita. BTW--I started a blog--you can get to it via cheryl's. I think you'll like the title and there is something in today's post (and tomorrow's) that you'll want to respond to. 8-) apples always work for the front teeth. A nice big bite and out it comes. Make sure to use a red one–then the blood blends in with the rest of the apple. For molars, it’s bubble gum–lots and lots of bubble gum. When I was a kid, you could get bubble gum in a container shaped like a tooth. After you used the bubble gum to extract the tooth, the container became the optimal (and obvious) storage unit.

To staunch the bleeding, have the kid suck on a wet tea bag (I learned this from the dentist when my eldest knocked his top 2 teeth out at the age of 4). Mom needs to suck on a large martini or marguerita.

BTW–I started a blog–you can get to it via cheryl’s. I think you’ll like the title and there is something in today’s post (and tomorrow’s) that you’ll want to respond to. 8-)

]]> By: Robin Dec http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/comment-page-1/#comment-536 Robin Dec Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:55:47 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/?p=64#comment-536 No way. We're old school down here in south county. I just gave him a cold wet rag after it was all over. Now that I think of it, I'm not sure where he put that thing (the rag...the red-tipped glistening tooth is sitting on the kitchen cubboard). No way. We’re old school down here in south county. I just gave him a cold wet rag after it was all over. Now that I think of it, I’m not sure where he put that thing (the rag…the red-tipped glistening tooth is sitting on the kitchen cubboard).

]]> By: LunaPierCook http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/2008/03/befrazzleds-how-to-guideto-ripping-teeth-out-of-childs-head/comment-page-1/#comment-535 LunaPierCook Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:43:20 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/befrazzled/?p=64#comment-535 Gee, I don't know ... I imagine you'd not considered an insurance-covered trip to, like, a dentist ... or anything like that ... ;-) My kids were always left to remove their own via lots of wiggling it with the tip of their tongue. We just kept the area swabbed in Anbesol and they were fine. Gee, I don’t know … I imagine you’d not considered an insurance-covered trip to, like, a dentist … or anything like that … ;-)

My kids were always left to remove their own via lots of wiggling it with the tip of their tongue. We just kept the area swabbed in Anbesol and they were fine.

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