I chipped my front tooth as a child, playing “blind man’s bluff” in the pool. My teeth hit the side of the pool before the rest of my face and an ugly incident ensued.
Thankfully, the dentist was able to file both my front teeth down enough to make it less noticeable, but I’ve always been keenly aware of my crooked smile.
Y’all might remember that, way back here, I chipped my tooth again. On my coffee cup. In all the craziness of learning I’d been invited to Pioneer Woman’s ranch, I went to take a sip of my coffee and chipped my tooth on the cup. It was an exciting time.
And now I have a permanent reminder.
Thankfully, unless you get really close, or have really good vision, it’s barely visible.
Unfortunately, this is visible. Quite visible, wouldn’t you say?
So is this.
Both chipped in the last week.
Isabelle chipped hers as she was trying to get out of my sister’s huge garden tub. Shepherd had pooped. It was an exciting time. Now she has a permanent reminder.
Thankfully, no one will ever know once she loses her baby teeth.
In about 2 years from now.
Dalton chipped his at the park. His brother swung the metal rings in his direction and I guess he wasn’t ready for them. He lost the bottom of his brand new front tooth.
A permanent one.
Thankfully, he’s a boy. And it’s cool to have a chipped tooth if you’re a boy, right?
At least that’s what I’m telling him for now.
Oh my gosh, Stefanie! I chipped my tooth on a coffee cup about six months ago. Wanna know what's REALLY embarrassing about that? I was looking (okay, glancing) in a mirror at the time. Heh.
And I am responsible for the childhood chip of my sister's tooth. I was playing tug-of-war with one of my friends. She was outside of the pool… I was in the pool. And the rope? Was my sister. Oops. My bad.
You aren't a bad mom. But I was definitely a bad sister.
Sigh…. Chippage happens.
Wouldn't it be nice is life was as easy to fix as photos? I've often thought about that while performing digital liposuction or fixing other flaws in photographs.
Like you said, it'll all be forgotten as soon at the permanent teeth come in. Which reminds me of something Maddy said last week while I was snuggling with her after nap. She reminded me that she was almost five and would soon be six and then all her teeth would POP OUT! Then she sighed and said she didn't want to be six.
Yeah, and for that and a whole slew of other reasons, I don't want to get older either, Babe.
🙂
Donna
Our blog: Double Happiness!
Awwhhh, chippage!…Ya know, they can fix that for minimal cost at the dentist office. And sometimes because of what they use, it just appears you are fixing a cavity, so insurance may even cover it! They use a porcelein resin type of material, like they do when they fill a cavity with the newer white stuff…not the ol' silver fillings. I think it's called porcelein bonding and I've had it done myself…you'd never know!! 🙂 And it's done in a very short visit, so you don't have to go back multiple times. Just an idea!!
Hugs,
Tanya
Oh my! I guess when it rains it pours!
So, who's next!?
Hugs, Jill
Oh My Gosh – Don't you just hate when that happens (it has happen to me too on a piece of candy…yes I said candy lol)! Hope your journey to the northeast is going well…Love following you guys along…
I think the dentist can fix the boy's tooth. My cousin broke his tooth like that and you would never know.
oh girl… you were not kiddin' when you said it is time to go home. Tell her she and Allie now have something in common. Same tooth even. Little Chippie buddies. And I was sick to my stomach too after it happenned. But all is good.. she's still rockin' on… all will be good. Bless your heart. Thursday is coming. want me to ride along with you? We can jam up in the front, while the kiddos watch dora in the back? wait.. who would drive my car? cause i'm not flyin'. Dalton? gotta rethink this one. hmmmm….
sending you hugs girl. And the kiddos, cute as ever. even with Chippies.
Hugs~
amie
p.s. sorry bout the poop!
Oh dear…I hate tragedies of the dental kind!!! Thankfully the kids have time on their side 🙂
Join the club. Two of my six had/
have chipped teeth. Both were baby teeth. Just a tip…. Keep an eye on the gum above the chipped tooth. My son chipped his when he was 2 1/2. They told us to watch his gum over his tooth for an abscess. 4 yrs later it abscessed and the tooth had to be pulled as well as the one next to it. They said it was because the nerve was damaged when he fell. My daughter chipped hers 2 yrs ago and is still fine. We tried to fix hers, but the dentist we used was not kid savvy and she saw the needle thing that shoots the filler in and that was it. Now, I hardley notice it unless I am really looking (that's what I keep telling myself:-).
Ugh…my worst nightmare…seriously I have a "thing" about teeth…ouch!
Let's hear if for permanent teeth!! And let's hear it for the boys who look cool!! 😉
I chipped mine on a beer bottle!!! guess I deserved that one! hahahah!
Okay, this is the deal….. hubby is a dentist and has agreed that if you are in the Atlanta area, he will gladly fix those chipped choppers free of charge. They will look as good as new or better 🙂
From one adoptive (and chipped) family to another. heh.
oh, teeth. i feel your pain. at lest the pain of your kiddies!! right after my oldest's permanent teeth came in, looking all BIG and gleaming white, he had a run in with a bully and had his face smashed into a brick wall. two teeth recovered in his nasal cavity!! needless to say he's been toothless ever since, and now 10 going on 11 years later, he's about to get implants. it's been a long road, but the kid is so good natured about it (you should see the prom pix. . . without his teeth!).
i chipped my front tooth getting up to pee in the middle of the night after hernia surgery. loopy on drugs and forgot about a chair. boom!! luckily the dentist was able to bond it the next day. i really feel for you! especially your little guy, but hopefully they'll be able to fix them.
ps. i posted a video on my blog today about prayerwalking for china. thought you might like it.
pps i just found your blog and admire the life you're living that i PINE away for. i'll have to find another way to parent my little chinese people in my heart.
3 years ago in November, Streeter knocked out and chipped up one of his front teeth and then chipped up the other front tooth. So we had stitches and everything in the gum to keep the tooth in. They had to remove the nerve, so the tooth is dead, they added on to it and will continue to do it as he gets older. Oh, and it happened by him crawling up our slide behind his brother, Sterling. Sterling lost his footings and slid down into Streeter's hands…face plant with mouth open…tooth knocked out…found on slide. Sara was carrying for our kiddos at the time so she had to call and tell us the news. You are not a bad mom, those things happen and yes they make a momma feel guilty. Take your boy in they can help him out if you want!
At least you know what happened-I'm the bad mommy that never noticed when my princess chipped hers! One day I just saw it was chipped! Thank goodness it's a baby tooth but unfortunately she's only 3 and was late getting her teeth… it'll be chipped for several more years until they fall out.
PS- Your two beauties are still adorable, chip or no chip!
Yea – I chipped my front tooth goofing around at the pool trying to make great waves in the gutter – down to the nerve – a bit like Dalton's. Initially I had a silver cap until I grew old enough to need the beauty of a real tooth colored tooth extension cap. All is not lost Dalton! Had it ever since.
Dont worry, my husband has a chipped tooth right in front, and it never occured to me until after we were married for 10 years. Seriously.
I chipped a tooth on a peanut M&M! That was about 30 years ago (did I really write the number 30?) and it is still chipped. Though, alas, it didn't stop me from eating peanut M&M's.
Big Tuna chipped his front baby teeth on my tile floor at the age of 18 months. Then as a tween, a "friend" slammed a door in his face playing hide-n-seek and broke the lower half of his PERMANENT front tooth. We did fix that one.
I think you aren't a bad mom. Both of your children are adorable with or without chipped teeth!
Oh, Stefanie! I can't believe how blonde Big D looks with that long bleached blonde hair!!!!! What a hottie. 🙂 The cairney women still thinks he's a looker…chipped tooth and all.
I chipped my tooth on a coffee cup too..ok there should be a hazard post on coffee mugs..drink at your own risk. LOL
When my son Chris was young he chipped his tooth (permanent) big time with a skate board. We had it fixed..
Livi has a chipped tooth too and I don't even know how (now that's a bad mommy. It's a baby tooth so no big deal.
Love the pictures : ) are you in your house yet?
I broke off my two front teeth in a swimming accident as a child. My third son got his four front upper teeth knocked completely out as a 3 year old (thankfully, baby teeth) and our 2 1/2 year old came to us in Nanchang, Jiangxi, with her two front teeth broken and chipped from some unexplained accident at the SWI.
It's frustrating no matter how it happens.
I'm sure your son's dentist can make his chip much less noticeable.
My oldest did the same thing- he's a teenager now and yep, still very cool (or at least he thinks so).