Kintropy In Action

Yesterday, in the middle of a session with Hannah’s physical therapist Gabriel came yelling from the bathroom. "Excuse me Mom, I need help!" All manner of bathroom excrement scenarios past through my head. I arrived to find the floor clean.

"What do you need help with?"

"I sat my tooth on the counter but I can’t find it." He lost his first tooth. He had been playing with it all morning but I remember that stage lasting for days when I was a child. I’m pretty sure he took it out himself which impressed me.

"Oh yeah," I said, "let me see." He presented his lower jaw and there was a perfect gap. I looked around the sink, the floor and pulled out the stopper for the drain. I couldn’t find it. "Don’t worry I said I will call the tooth-fairy. She’ll find it in here for you and leave you present under your pillow. She just requires that you lost it."

"Mommy, why does the tooth-fairy come when you’re asleep."

"Because, she is shy. I think she is also afraid people will try to catch her."

"I won’t try and catch her." He said this solemnly.

"I know sweetie but, she is really shy."

Later that night Robert, Gabriel and I speculated on what the fairy does with the teeth it collects. I mentioned maybe she plants them and grows plant to produce the nectar fairies drink. Robert said "She feeds it to a monster to keep it from getting hungry and eating fairies. Gabriel blended it together and said, "She plants the teeth to grow flowers to feed.

--Mom