February 26, 2008
The story of the hillbilly tooth and Karma….
Posted by imhelendt under Children, Humor, Motherhood, ParentingMy children have always been one of the last kids in their classes to lose their teeth. And for some reason, I have complete amnesia about son #1 losing his front teeth.
Son #2 is now at the age where all the kids are losing their front teeth. And all the parents are complaining about the disgusting, loose front teeth that hang there, then slowly migrate around in the mouth until it is sticking straight out like a buck tooth from hell, or overlapping the other front tooth.
A couple of months ago I heard a dad telling his son that the front tooth HAD to come out THAT DAY because it looked terrible. And I told the child to smile at me and he grins and his front tooth is all bucktooth and turned. I screamed with laughter. Dad muttered “Not funny. Hideous.” And I laughed for the next 10 minutes and every time I saw this child until that tooth finally came out weeks later. I laughed because I had no recollection of this happening with son #1 and was absolutely positive this sort of thing would not happen to me. Until……. son #2 developed what is heretofore known as THE HILLBILLY TOOTH. It’s horrible. And I have found myself saying repeatedly, “SON! That tooth HAS GOT to come out NOW!” And he has taken to just sticking the tooth out and smiling to torture me. And in case you think it can’t possibly be that bad, let me introduce you to the hillbilly tooth:
Ah yes, folks, this is the punishment one receives for laughing at another parent’s pain. It is also commonly known as KARMA. Oh yeah, keep laughing, you will get yours too….
Because Karma is a biotch.
February 26, 2008 at 3:12 pm
OMG I cannot stop laughing. And I can laugh. Because my child has lost all of her baby teeth. No more hillbilly teeth! And yes, I totally remember her losing her front teeth. They didn’t jut out quite this way, but I do remember the glee in her voice when she used to look at me and WAGGLE her tooth at me! But yes, Karma will always bite your butt in the end, so be wary. Always wary. You never know when she’ll rear up her ugly head. And don’t try the door knob thing to get rid of it. What did my daughter do? She went up to her TEACHER and asked her (probably pleaded) to pull it! She did that more than once. I love her teachers. Bless them.
February 26, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Zee- I finally yanked it out day before yesterday. I had to wrestle him down to the ground because I couldn’t stand to look at it anymore. IT WAS HIDEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 26, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Not funny. Hideous. And it’s your kid!
February 26, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Hot- LMAO I KNOW! It’s horrible!
February 27, 2008 at 4:12 pm
My son (Wise A) had a tooth that stayed there, over another tooth, for two freaking months.
Drove me bonkers.
Karma is a bitch. I think she’s my second cousin!
February 27, 2008 at 7:59 pm
HELEN! That is almost scary! hahahaha
February 28, 2008 at 10:17 am
I admit that I not only laughed but showed my husband. Because we haven’t even started losing teeth at our house it is now guaranteed that the karma is headed my direction.
February 28, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Candid- AGH! How awful! Yeah, that Karma is a real bitch.
Lucky- It’s out now. Thank God. I couldn’t look at it anymore.
Colleen- Oh yeah. You just guaranteed yourself some long term hillbilly teeth.
March 11, 2008 at 3:33 pm
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