Teething Problems

I hope the tooth-fairy knows which tooth belongs to which child

In the last few months, we've lost a whole bunch of teeth. Every week or so, I hear someone complaining to Celest that a tooth is loose and they can't chew the vegetable or that it's painful biting on the chicken and steak.

This complaining is promptly followed by some whimpering, Celest pulling the loose bugger (the tooth, not the child) out with her hands, a bit of blood and finally ending with a grin featuring a brand new hole.

Some hours later, there will be a new tooth added to a small piece of tissue in our bathroom - not quite sure what is going to happen with that. Celest says they are waiting to be labelled and catalogued, like fragments of dinosaur bones dug out in the deserts of Argentina.

Nigel only recently lost his last baby-tooth and soon will be visiting a dentist to get braces done. Hopefully this will speed up his eating, although most of us agree it won't.