All I want for Christmas...

is for Owen to still have his two front teeth! A few weeks ago he was doing what Owen does best, that's jumping from anything that he can, or balancing then diving...This particular day, it was both. In part it is my fault! When I take out Owen's crib mattress to change his sheets, the kids love me to prop it against the window bench and they use it like a slide.

This has been done so much that the mattress now bends in the middle so I use a firm bean bag to prop it up.

Eventually the mattress slipped to the floor and Owen decided to practice his trapeze skills and balance on said bean bag/more round pillow ottoman. The next thing I know he's slipped and fell mouth first into the edge of the bench and is crying. (He doesn't usually cry unless it's serious!) The minute I picked him up I knew it was bad. There was blood everywhere and I could tell that his teeth were no longer in the position they used to be in.

I immediately call all the dental professionals in my family (which is A LOT!) and get mixed recommendations from: Leave them as is, take him in to a Pediatric dentist for an evaluation, to, getting a soft splint/sew the gum's back in place.

That's right I said sew the gum's back in place. He had completely severed the Frenum and scalped his gum's away from his teeth. (Warning this picture contains blood...)



I ended up taking him into the Pedodontist just for reassurance. She reassured me that he did move his teeth up into his gum's and that sometimes the teeth will move back down? (Hasn't happened yet. But I'm hopeful!) She also wouldn't recommend that he get the gum's sewn back down since we'd have to put him under to do it, but that they too should repair themselves. The mouth is such a fast healer. (which I am thankful for!)This has happened but still seems to be tender when I brush his teeth.

I think the hardest part for him, since he was up and running around as normal after his nap is that he can no longer bite into an apple, I have to cut them up for him, which he doesn't really have the patience for, but we are working on it!

Thanks to all the family members that helped me get through this FIRST Fiasco with Owen. I say first because the minute Nate saw him he said, "Hon, this looks bad, but it's not your fault. He's just a tough, likes to play rough, kinda kid. This is the first of his accidents and it won't be his last; I am sure!"

So stay tuned for more Owen debacles. I'm sure you won't have to wait too long!