Having grown up in a home brimming with sewing notions and paintbrushes, Amy has a deep love for all things creative. On any given day, you’ll find her knee-deep in her latest creative endeavor, with projects ranging from sewing and crafts to home decor and kid-friendly ideas. Amy believes that everyone, regardless of skill level or experience, possesses the ability to create something beautiful, and Positively Splendid was born of her passion for helping others harness their innate creative potential.
There are cute little “First Tooth” boxes that you can get (I think I even saw some on walmart.com) to keep them in so you can look at them as a keepsake. I definitely recommend only keeping the first one. I remember getting in my mom’s bottom drawer once when I was 7 or 8 and finding ALL of my old teeth! Not only did I not believe in the Tooth Fairy anymore after that, I was grossed out! If he finds his first lost tooth while he still believes in the tooth fairy, you can explain that she thought you would like to have that as a keepsake. All of them is a little more difficult.
My baby is not quite to teething, but I know when her first one comes in, I will bawl like a baby! I can’t even imagine her losing her first tooth, though I realize that time will fly by.
And I will definitely keep the tooth. Gross as it may seem to some, I saved her umbilical cord stumpy. There’s just something about those “tangible” milestones, like you said. Makes me want to cry just as much or more than the ones you can’t keep (rolling over, first smile, first giggle). Aw.
~Jessi
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What a DARLING little guy!! I can only imagine how mushy I will feel over the first tooth falling out!
When I bought my first house, my mum proudly presented me with a box of keepsakes which included my first 3 teeth, the wrist tag from the hospital and other such items. Of course you should keep it! I’ve still kept the crown that fell out of my mouth 2 years ago!!