Oreo Smiles

It was the 'bestest day' for Shannon today, his loose tooth finally came out! Did Shannon pull it? No. Did Mommy or Daddy pull it? No. Did it get knocked out with solid food or rough-housing? No. Shannon was getting some sealants put on his teeth and Mommy quietly asked the dental assistant if she could 'accidentally' knock it out while playing around in Shannon's mouth.

Apparently the assistant encouraged Shannon to pull it but he just couldn't get it out. Then she asked if she could pull it and he said no. So the dental assistant did all of the sealants, put a little numbing gel on Shannon's tooth, then pulled it while Shannon was none the wiser. She managed to camouflage the little bit of blood and clean up the tooth before letting Shannon in on the secret. He was so excited that he ran into the waiting room, screaming as best he could while doing a 'look at my missing tooth'-grin, "Mommy, my tooth is out!"

Shannon waited until he'd eaten all of his celebratory Oreo's before letting me take some pictures of him, so they're a little scary to look at.

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Test results on Corey's low weight came back: his iron levels are fine, he's negative for celiac disease, he has no milk or soy allergies, and the other two tests (I can't remember what they were,) came back fine. Previously he had an upper GI/lower bowel study and a swallow study which all came back fine, as well. We've ruled out just about everything, so now we're going to have to start doing feeding clinics to try to retrain Corey on how to eat. Or we could just pay somebody to sit and spoon-feed Corey for each meal and bribe him to take some dairy products. AARRRGGHH. Here's a couple of pictures to show the difference between a 'normal' sized 5 year old, (Shannon,) and a little 5 year old, (Corey.)

Shannon in red, Corey in brown.