Caleb has lost his first tooth, and in pure Caleb fashion, it was dramatic.
Caleb was eating a banana after school when he suddenly started crying. "My tooth cracked! Owwweee!" He was INCONSOLABLE.
I quickly assessed the situation and informed him his tooth was not cracked, but loose. Really, really loose. This helped him a little, although Caleb informed me that it hurt to eat and so he wouldn't. And he wanted to show his friends it's loose, so he wouldn't be able eat until he sees them, anyway.
I tried to logic him into letting me pull it (it'll hurt less once it's out, he'll get hungry and grumpy if he doesn't eat for a day, we were having chocolate chip pancakes for dinner, his friends could still see the gap...) but Caleb was adamant.
Kyler got home and tried the exact same logic with the exact same result. However, Kyler and I decided to pull the parent card and just pull it anyway.
After it was pulled, Caleb was pleased to discover it did hurt a lot less, he could eat pancakes, and also realized the tooth fairy will come, hopefully bringing money and chocolate (?).
To quote Kyler, silly wonderful child.
