Feeling horrible! And is his toothe fixable?

Candace - posted on 03/28/2011

If it gets worse and starts rottening then yes when he is older they can and will fix it. Because there is something about damaging a tooth like that can end up causing problems no matter how much you take care of them. I know a 4 year old who has lots of dental work he has been getting it since he was 2 at least his teeth are just bad from the inside. They believe it is genetic. So you would be surprised what they do to even baby teeth.

Ixchel - posted on 09/29/2010

Is this your first Child? If the only thing that ever goes wrong is a broken tooth you'll be happy and lucky. Don't sweat the small stuff, I know you feel bad we all do the first time our little ones and every time they get hurt, but after a few bumps scrapes and bruises. You kinda get use to it, My husband and I were so over- protective with our first and then we realized our over zellnous a little with the second. My mom and my mother in law joke and say it is kinda like the baby book with your first baby you fill it all out dilligently and with the second it get half filled out and with the third, you don't even buy the baby book. You can rest assured that you did nothing wrong and your boy will have plenty more bumps scrapes and bangs along the way. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Heather - posted on 06/15/2010

I actually had a similiar thing happen today. My husband and I had our 18 month old twins in the pool and my daughter got out to go and give her grandmother a high five. She then decided that she didn't want to come back to me, she wanted to jump in alone. So she went a foot or so away from where I was and I moved down to meet her, so she moved again and so on and so on until she decided to start running. Well, she tripped on the cement and fell on her hands and knees and then over on her face. Her hands and knees were fine and her face was a little skinned up, but she chipped her front tooth. she hasn't even had the thing a year! Anyway, I feel like you do. I hate that she is going to have that chip, but there was nothing that I could do to stop it. Like you I was trying to protect my child and she still got hurt. You are still a great mom, you were doing what great moms do, protecting your child from a danger that you saw (falling in the tub) but sometimes there are just accidents that we don't see coming. I just think that at least I protected her from falling into a pool which could have potentially been much worse than a chipped tooth. And you protected your son from a possible head injury or brpken bone that could have been much more painful and problematic. Anyway, I hope this helped, and I hope that your son is doing well.