My dad used to call me "Snaggletooth" when I was in the process of losing my baby teeth. The day Eli lost his second top tooth, that nickname popped right back into my head.
Eli's two front teeth gone at the same time filled me with a goofy sort of happy. I've always loved it when kids are missing those top two at the same time, but it doesn't always coincide. An extra complication was that when Eli was a toddler he had an accident and it was touch-and-go for a while if his right top tooth would fall out or turn dark. When his tooth hung in there, I was overjoyed. Still, his dentist mentioned that an injury could put a tooth on a different time schedule, so Eli might lose that tooth very early or very late. Thus Eli losing his two front teeth at the same time was a victory after a victory. I took him right to a photo studio!
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