It was a corn dog that did the trick. On Saturday night, we were eating at the Montana Club in Missoula with my in-laws when Beau complained that he couldn’t eat his dinner. Biting a corn dog with his loose bottom front tooth proved too painful for our 5-year-old. Not wanting to do an extraction at the table, I cut the corn dog into pieces so he could chew it with his back teeth. However, his initial attempt at eating it had already loosened his tooth enough for Sid to step in.

Despite my internal wishes to wait until we got back to the hotel (I am awful with loose teeth and blood), Beau crawled under the table to the other side of the booth where Sid was siting. My wife then draped her fingers in a napkin, grabbed onto Beau’s tooth, and pulled it out.

Beau had officially lost his first tooth!

It took a couple of additional napkins for Beau to pat the bloody area dry but his happiness trumped any queasiness. He joyfully posed for a toothy grin minus one bottom denticle.

Beau smiles after losing his first tooth. Sidney pulled it out while we ate dinner at the Montana Club in Missoula.

Beau lost his first tooth on his 2,082nd day of life, much earlier than his sister who lost her first tooth on her 2,511th day of life. For those keeping track at home, that equates to 429 days sooner than Sloan—roughly 14 months.

It didn’t surprise me. Beau’s teeth came in at an early age, drawing the admiration of his dentist. I guess it only makes sense that his baby teeth would start to fall out early as well. Then there is the sibling rivalry aspect of it. Beau has seen Sloan lose quite a few teeth over the past year and a half, offering up some motivation for him to do the same.

If there was ever any anxiety that the Tooth Fairy wouldn’t find Beau since he was out-of-state at the time of his tooth falling out, the doubt was squashed Sunday morning. When he awoke, a whole $2 was resting under his pillow.

Beau holds his Tooth Fairy money that was waiting for him under his hotel room pillow when he woke up on Sunday morning.

We made a lot of Facetime calls over the weekend. Beau was super proud and wanted to smile for all his cousins. As of right now, it doesn’t appear as if he has any more loose teeth but according to trends I think that might change over the next couple months. Who knows, perhaps he will eventually catch up to his sister. Don’t Blink.