M&M's and Teeth

It seems to me that my children are some of the youngest to get their teeth, and some of the oldest to lose them. Bradyn is almost 8 and has only lost two teeth (and those were more than 6 months ago). I checked about a week ago to see if any were loose, and not really anything. One on the top was a little bit loose, but nothing was going to happen anytime soon.

Well, Bradyn went over to play at one of his friends house and when I went to pick him up he was screaming, dancing, and very, VERY animated. I thought maybe he just needed to potty but he came running into the van saying (screaming) "I lost a tooth! I lost a tooth!" I didn't immediately believe him, but then I took a second look and something looked a little bit different....Sure enough, he lost a tooth on the bottom right side. I couldn't believe it. Here's how it happened (in Bradyn's words). "We were playing and throwing softballs at eachother and I got hit in the forehead, but not in the mouth, so that wasn't what made it come out. Then, we were eating M&M's and I put a bunch in my mouth all at the same time and I started to chew on something hard. When I pulled the hard thing out of my mouth, it was my tooth!! It bled a little bit, but it didn't hurt at all!"

How exciting for my son - and for me. One of my most dreaded tasks is dealing with pulling teeth. It just grosses me out and makes me feel queasy. So, from now on I'll be stocking up on M&M's and let them do the dirty work. I figure if the teeth won't come out on their own, maybe I can rot them out.