snaggletooth

well noah made it to 17 months before his first big owie! at the christmas party the other night he was running and tripped and fell face first into the front of the arm of a leather chair that had large metal brads down the front. he chipped his top right tooth as you can see and pushed it back up inside his gum a little. he also cut both lips and bruised his nose and chin. he screamed and shrieked for 20 minutes straight before we decided to take him in. (he screamed nonstop for 45 minutes before just falling asleep). we were just a few blocks from children's so we took him to the urgent care and got sent to the emergency room because they keep a pediatric dentist on call. (it took us longer to walk from the urgent care to the er than our entire time in the er! it was nice!). he checked his mouth and said hopefully the tooth didn't cause damage to his permanent tooth behind it and said it may come back down on it's own and even back up with the other teeth. as for the chip, he said it's not worth fixing since it's a baby tooth and fixing it would be traumatic for him. we have to watch for infection and stuff and take him back to the dentist in 2 weeks. poor thing doesn't even have all his teeth yet (he only has 10!) and already messed one up! so now mommy calls him snaggletooth!