The Night I Could Have Drop Kicked The Tooth Fairy

 
It was late afternoon and the kids were playing, when Jayden runs over to me with his tooth in his hand jumping for joy! He had had this wobbly tooth for what seemed like forever. Now it had fallen out and he was already spending his money from the tooth fairy.

Fab, I thought. At least it is not bothering him now and he can put it under his pillow tonight ready for the tooth fairy to arrive. No, No, No! Why would it be that bloody easy? After brushing his teeth and settling down into bed with a story, he checked his tooth was in place under his pillow and went to sleep (so I thought).
 

Tired Of Waiting For You

 
A couple of hours later after I had fallen asleep on the sofa and missed the end of the film Craig and I was watching. Do you always do that? We headed up to bed. Great I thought. I can sneak in Jayden’s room before I get into bed and swap his tooth for some coins. As I neared towards his door, he peeped up from his quilt. He was still awake.  Oh well, I would just have to set my alarm and try again so I did just that. I set my alarm for 12.30 am. What seemed like 2 minutes after, my alarm went off and left me wondering where the hell I was.
 

The Long And Winding Landing

 
I stumbled out of bed and off to Jayden’s room. No sooner I got to his bedroom door, he was awake again! Christ on a bike! I wish this kid would go to bloody sleep, I thought. Anyone would have thought I had a water infection the times I walked across that landing pretending to go for a wee. Back to bed I went, moaning under my breath in the hope that I would wake Craig up so he could share this shitty hell but he was clearly in the deepest sleep ever (or pretending) pfft! I set my alarm for 2 am and tried to get some shut eye.
 

I Can’t Get No Sleep

 
Shortly afterwards the beeping from my alarm could be heard again. I am so so tired by now, I feel like I’m hanging out of my arse even though I’ve not touched a drink! I drag myself across the landing expecting to be met by Rick and Daryl from The Walking Dead as I am starting to zombify by this time, you see. I don’t know why I bothered because he was still there, wide awake, waiting for the bloody tooth fairy. I thought this was never going to end. It was absolutely ridiculous.

This episode ended at 5.35 am when he finally went to sleep and I could get my arm under his pillow to get his tooth.  To say I was relieved was an understatement. Shortly after, the youngest wanted his porridge fill, so that was my 2 hours sleep over, yay!

I Got A Feeling That Tonight’s Gonna Be A Good Night

 
And guess what happened this morning. Jayden jumping up and down shouting “Two more teeth have fallen out mummy!” So tonight I demand that the tooth fairy’s collection point is in my bloody room!

He does make me smile. Are your kids too excited to sleep when they know the tooth fairy is coming? Share your tired hell with me below!