Another bottom tooth has been jettisoned from my oldest's gums. If anyone is keeping score, that's three teeth in under three weeks.

I'm seeing more naked gums than I have since she was a year old. Holy moly. It's like those nightmares where all the teeth in your head crumble to dust. She's a little shaken by the whole thing. I'm thinking about blacking out a tooth or two in solidarity.

Although, when I apply my pea-brain to that thought, I must conclude that since I have discovered my scalp is "dry and irritated" (because fine, fine women like me don't get dandruff, no we do not) and I am thrilling the masses with a fantastic display of post-adolescent acne, perhaps blacked out teeth would be the wrong accessory.