Dad here on day 3 of the Toothtanic incident.
Zoe had a good day today. She didn't seem too bothered by her tooth and at the dentist's recommendation we moved her back on to some solid foods at dinner tonight. She had a banana and a pear and some corn and ate it all right up.
She had a fun day at the mall with mom, she got a new bath toy and some new clothes. Gena said that she insisted on walking so they walked around the store Gena had the car in one hand and Zoe's hand in the other. In the afternoon I took her to grocery store and she was laughing hysterically for no reason in particular. She was making everyone we passed in the store laugh and smile.
The swelling in her gums seems to have gone down some but we don't dare check to see how loose the tooth is.
Dad here.
Zoe had a little accident at daycare on Thursday. She was walking and stumbled forward and hit her lower teeth on a bookcase and knocked one of her lower teeth loose.
If it does heal up well she'll still have a crooked tooth. The worst case scenario would be that she would lose the tooth and there's a chance if that happens that her adult tooth in that spot would never come in. We're giving her just baby food now but the dentist recommend getting her back on softer foods that she will chew soon which might actually help the healing by stimulating the gums.
Gena and I are obviously having a hard time with this but Zoe has been a trooper. Both dentists told Gena that they've never seen a child that age be so easy to deal with. She's been pretty good for us, yesterday she seemed bothered by the tooth but was mostly in a good mood. Today she didn't seem too bothered by the tooth.
You can't see it on the picture but her gums in front of her tooth are pretty swollen and and dark. It's really hard to see that and to know she's hurt. Hopefully in a couple of weeks it will all be healed up.
Dad here.
Zoe has been walking more and more. Friday when I dropped her off at daycare I set her down on the floor. Usually her legs go limp and she sits, but this time she just stayed standing. She didn't walk that time but I had her daycare teacher stand her up again to see if she would walk to me and she did.
This afternoon Gena and I took turns having her walk between us. We sat about three feet apart and she walked between us repeatedly, each time she would get to one of us she would give us a big hug. She was all smiles every time, she was so proud of herself.
One funny thing she does every time she walks is she stands for a moment and then when she is ready to walk she puts her hands over her head and then scoots forward. We couldn't figure out at first why she was doing that but later in the day I realized why. Usually when we practiced walking with her one of us would stand behind her and hold her hands but she would have to have her hands up over her head to reach our hands. So she's used to walking with her hands over her head!
Zoe is very excited to walk and we're excited for her although there are downsides. Walking is so exciting for her that she wants to do it everywhere. We went to Sears this afternoon to buy a new oven range and she was restless. While Gena handled all the paperwork for the stove I had to let her walk all over Sears and then repeatedly go up and down the escalators.
We're still happy to see her so excited about walking. The past few weeks have been hard because she is getting maybe four teeth right now. She's got a molar most of the way in and maybe another molar on the other side in addtion to both of her incisors. All of that teething has made her pretty uncomfortable and she's been crabby because of it. So we're glad to see her taking so much joy in walking.
