Jaidy Lost Her 2nd Tooth !!

Jaidy was such a little trooper. Her tooth was still hanging by a couple (2-3) strings, and I knew it would hurt her if I pulled it out for her a couple of nights ago. She kept pushing it with her tounge. I put her to bed, and about 20 minutes later she came out & said, "Look Mommy - I lost my tooth." "How did you do that ?" I asked her, because I am always curious as to her cute little explainations. "I pulled it to the side and there was just one string. Then I pulled hard & it went shoooot like that Mommy & I got it out." (I wish I had the sound effects so you could fully understand what shoooot sounds like - maybe it sounds like shuuut. Its a cross between the oo like in shoot & uh as in the ugh sound. I decided the ooooo sound is like in oo in the word took.

I was so proud of her & we remembered to leave this one properly for the tooth fairy. I was reminded of when I was about 7 years old and I had this loose tooth. I was supposed to be in bed, so I kept getting up & turning on the light to look at my tooth which was about ready to come out.

Pretty soon my parents wanted both me & my brother Monte in the front room to tell them who was turning on the light. I was afraid of my step-father's booming voice, so I lied and said it wasn't me. I should have just told the truth, but I learned my lesson big time about lying after what happened next. They told us to both go back into our rooms & turn on the light. I had been using my lamp next to my bed, but I was bound and determined not to get into trouble.

Poor Monte who was only 5 and got woke up out of his sleep, just hit his switch on his room really hard. I used my wall switch this time, and did it very quietly. Monte got the blame for the whole thing, and I just silently cried myself to sleep feeling so guilty that my brother got blamed for what I had done.

When I woke up the next morning, my tooth had come out & it was on my tounge. The next night I got rewarded from the Tooth Fairy, but I felt so guilty about what I had done. I never told anyone what I had done until I was an adult.

I learned as a kid that lying and keeping secrets like this are not a good thing. It's always better to take responsibility for your actions and face the music. I always encourage Jaidy to tell me the truth no matter what, and that she won't get into trouble unless she lies. I told her to never lie to me or keep secrets, and we can work it out no matter what it is.

I love her sweet sweet honesty. I love her good manners, and yes there are times she does have to do a time out, but I always listen to her & encourage honest respectful behavior. She is a really well behaved child most of the time, and I just love our little talks. I hope we are always this close, even when she is a teenager.