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Sam's second tooth fell out.  Well, actually it didn't fall out it fell in, as in down his throat.  It had been insanely loose all February vacation, he twisted and turned it but it just didn't want to come out.  Until he was at school, just like his first tooth.

I got a phone call from the nurse who told me that my panic stricken son had come in after lunch.  He was happily eating his sandwich and laughing when he felt a hole with his tongue and realized his tooth was gone.  Everyone searched all around (um, ewwww) with no luck.  So the general consensus is that he swallowed it.  After being assured that baby tooth number 2 wouldn't puncture a lung or some horrible thing, Sam was still very upset.  He figured no tooth, equals no tooth fairy, equals no moolah.

Being raised a Jehovah's Witness and having absolutely NO fun during my childhood days, I'm not familiar with the rules of pretend beings...I have to defer to my spouse for what is Canon on Santa, the Easter bunny, Fairies etc.  He assured me the tooth fairy would of course still give some cash, he assured me that I was mentally ill as well because well DUH, WE are the tooth fairy.  Anyway, in an effort to soothe my first born's fears, I did what any mother would do, I wrote him a letter. From the Tooth Fairy.  SHUT UP!!  Will this make it better or worse when he realizes we made up all these things?

Anyway...I give you...a big fat lie, but done out of love!!  Ugh...and for the record, it had cute little clip art tooth fairy pictures and teeth on it and I cut it out in the shape of a tooth and, and, and, yeah he's gonna need therapy isn't he?

Dear Sam,

I was flying around Tooth Fairy-Ville today, doing my errands, getting ready for my nightly visits, when I heard that you had lost your second tooth!!  I also heard that you swallowed it and you were afraid that would mean I wouldn’t be stopping by.

My dear boy, I know you take such good care of your teeth and I reward that no matter what, your baby tooth will be fine, lots of little boys and girls swallow their baby teeth, please don’t worry. I’ve left a reward for you too, enjoy and keep brushing!

Your Pal,

The Tooth Fairy