Saturday, October 06, 2007

Jia Yi lost his second and third tooth

Jia Yi lost his second tooth about a month ago. After the first experience, he now knows how to handle the tooth when it drops. Unfortunately, the tooth refused to fall on its own. So, daddy decided to help him.

They went into the toilet and daddy tried to shake the tooth off for him. It did not come out easily. Jia Yi was screaming in the toilet. Finally, the tooth came loose. He was so happy! He took his tooth, washed it and showed it to me. He was so proud of it that he decided to keep it on his own, under his favourite Power Ranger CD. Once in a while, he will take it out to look at it.

Jia Yi's third tooth started shaking about a few days ago. This time, with more experience, he decided that he did not want anyone to know about it. So, he kept it a secret. Until... I saw him eating an ice cream and was wondering why that tooth looks so out of place. I asked him to come forward and he refused. After questioning him, I realised that he kept it a secret because he was afraid of the pain. (His daddy will help him pulled it out if he knows about it.) True enough, his daddy found out!

He was sent to the toilet to have his tooth plucked out. Daddy asked him to open his mouth. "Pain" was his answer. They spent more than thirty minutes in the toilet, fighting.

"Come here!"
"No. It's very painful."
"Okay. I will not help you pull it out."
"I want."
"Then come. I will do it gently."
"Very PAIN!!! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN!"

And this conversation can be overheard many times while I was outside waiting for them to get out.

In the end, daddy gave up. He came out of the toilet all wet, but with no tooth in his hand.

Jia Yi has won the battle.

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