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Hello,
Ive been meaning to do this thread for the past week cos i just wanted to advise/reassure any mummys out there who at some point may experience there toddlers tooth ever being knocked out due to a fall or something.
So about 2 months ago, at about 3am i hear a scream and hysterical crying coming from Aymens room.
DH and i jump out of bed and run in to find Aymen on all fours, bloody all round his mouth and all down his pyjama top and in absolute hysterics.
I inspected what had happened all i could see was his left front tooth completely missing, it was completely dislodged from its place, it was seriously nowhere near it was meant to be and just hanging off and just gushing with blood.
Instinctively, i just picked him up into my lap, got the tooth and put it back in its place, DH got a ton of wipes and starting wiping away the bloody whilst i just held the tooth in place...It was during the super snowy season so DH wnt downstairs and filled a clean sandwich bag up with snow and bought it up to put on his insanely thick lip.
10 mins later we just all shoved coats, hats, gloves and blankets on, got in the car and went to A&E...The nurse there was lovely and looked at his mouth and tooth and was so reassuring that he didnt need stitches or anything and that the lip would be healed in 3-4 days max (it did) but the tooth was another issue.
The nurse was really happy that id made the decision to put the tooth back in and said that as its a baby tooth there is a possibility that it may reattach itself to the root, but also said that theres a chance it wont too and to just get down to the dentist first thing Monday morning.
After we got home, managed to get a few hours sleep, Aymen even manged to have a couple of drinks, yoghurts and mainly soft foods, but wasnt deterred at all and insisted he wanted some croissant also..it was heartbreaking watching him shove food into the back of his mouth to avoid his front teeth and sore lip.
I spoke to a few lovely girls from here who gave me a ton of reassurance (you know who you are) and one of them even contacted a relative whos a dentist for me and got some great advice.
Anyway, skip over to the trip to the dentist, he said that the tooth looked ok and in its place and again was really happy that we made the decision to put the tooth back into its place, he said that there maybe a chance that it will reattach itself but that it may just go black and die...i was literally sobbing when he said that...i guess it was vanity more than anything upsetting me.
So 2 weeks passed and it started to go greyer and and greyer...we were just waiting for it to turn black and naturally fall out...but it didnt!!
Its been 2 months now and over the past 2 weeks, the tooths been getting lighter and lighter, its gone white at the bottom and the whiteness is slowly coming back.
I defo know the tooth is strong and tightly in its place cos Aymen is eating apples/pears/everything on it and its still tightly rooted in its place and im stunned that its going back to its original colour.
I rang the dentist to ask if this was usual and he said that it does happen but he didnt wanna get my hopes up, so im pretty chuffed.
Anyway...
The moral of my thread is to say that spring/summers coming up, we all have boisterous toddlers that are into everything and will love playing in the garden etc and we know how they have falls and tumbles which may result in the same as what happened to our little one.
I just wanna say that if your toddlers tooth does get knocked out, PLEASE PLEASE put it back in its place, it can be reattached...All really isnt lost.
Making sure toddler drinks lotsa milk after youve reattached it can help hugely too.
Head to A&E ASAP and make sure your little ones registered with a dentist too.
I just hope my little story can help anyone else this might happen too, cos i have to say this was one of my worst experiences since being a mum ever, it was heartbreaking, but im very happy with the decision i chose to make at a split second.
Thanks for reading, sorry for the length
Ive been meaning to do this thread for the past week cos i just wanted to advise/reassure any mummys out there who at some point may experience there toddlers tooth ever being knocked out due to a fall or something.
So about 2 months ago, at about 3am i hear a scream and hysterical crying coming from Aymens room.
DH and i jump out of bed and run in to find Aymen on all fours, bloody all round his mouth and all down his pyjama top and in absolute hysterics.
I inspected what had happened all i could see was his left front tooth completely missing, it was completely dislodged from its place, it was seriously nowhere near it was meant to be and just hanging off and just gushing with blood.
Instinctively, i just picked him up into my lap, got the tooth and put it back in its place, DH got a ton of wipes and starting wiping away the bloody whilst i just held the tooth in place...It was during the super snowy season so DH wnt downstairs and filled a clean sandwich bag up with snow and bought it up to put on his insanely thick lip.
10 mins later we just all shoved coats, hats, gloves and blankets on, got in the car and went to A&E...The nurse there was lovely and looked at his mouth and tooth and was so reassuring that he didnt need stitches or anything and that the lip would be healed in 3-4 days max (it did) but the tooth was another issue.
The nurse was really happy that id made the decision to put the tooth back in and said that as its a baby tooth there is a possibility that it may reattach itself to the root, but also said that theres a chance it wont too and to just get down to the dentist first thing Monday morning.
After we got home, managed to get a few hours sleep, Aymen even manged to have a couple of drinks, yoghurts and mainly soft foods, but wasnt deterred at all and insisted he wanted some croissant also..it was heartbreaking watching him shove food into the back of his mouth to avoid his front teeth and sore lip.
I spoke to a few lovely girls from here who gave me a ton of reassurance (you know who you are) and one of them even contacted a relative whos a dentist for me and got some great advice.
Anyway, skip over to the trip to the dentist, he said that the tooth looked ok and in its place and again was really happy that we made the decision to put the tooth back into its place, he said that there maybe a chance that it will reattach itself but that it may just go black and die...i was literally sobbing when he said that...i guess it was vanity more than anything upsetting me.
So 2 weeks passed and it started to go greyer and and greyer...we were just waiting for it to turn black and naturally fall out...but it didnt!!
Its been 2 months now and over the past 2 weeks, the tooths been getting lighter and lighter, its gone white at the bottom and the whiteness is slowly coming back.
I defo know the tooth is strong and tightly in its place cos Aymen is eating apples/pears/everything on it and its still tightly rooted in its place and im stunned that its going back to its original colour.
I rang the dentist to ask if this was usual and he said that it does happen but he didnt wanna get my hopes up, so im pretty chuffed.
Anyway...
The moral of my thread is to say that spring/summers coming up, we all have boisterous toddlers that are into everything and will love playing in the garden etc and we know how they have falls and tumbles which may result in the same as what happened to our little one.
I just wanna say that if your toddlers tooth does get knocked out, PLEASE PLEASE put it back in its place, it can be reattached...All really isnt lost.
Making sure toddler drinks lotsa milk after youve reattached it can help hugely too.
Head to A&E ASAP and make sure your little ones registered with a dentist too.
I just hope my little story can help anyone else this might happen too, cos i have to say this was one of my worst experiences since being a mum ever, it was heartbreaking, but im very happy with the decision i chose to make at a split second.
Thanks for reading, sorry for the length
Thankyou, great advice as I wouldn't have a clue what to do!
it is ages before their second teeth come through. My LO hit his face on our head board last nigh and cut his lip, didn't look for a little while as was worried it was his gum that was bleeding! Obviously I was cuddling him tho!! So pleased your little one was ok 
