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My dad used to tie our loose tooth up with a thread and yank it out of our heads. *shudder*

I haven't gotten to that stage yet with my eldest (she's 5), so I have no idea what to do.

My sister gave my nephew an apple and told him to take a big ol' bite. Voila! The tooth got stuck and he didn't even notice.

Oh my stars, how barbaric! That's just the way it was back in the olden days I guess!!

My doc says don't even mess with them. They come out naturally. My son even had teeth come in before the baby teeth were out and we just left them alone and eventually they fell out.

Except twice, I knocked them out accidently...once when I was goosing him with a little firefighter toy and then once I bonked it with his toothbrush (he brushes in the morning, and in the evening, but in the evening, I go over them really good) and it fell out. Both times I nearly passed out.

Once, my youngest came into the kitchen with his hands behind his back and proceeded to tell me a story saying "One day, I was playing with Matthew and I knock him toof out wif my knee." I dropped everything and ran into the bathroom to find a tooth on the counter and Matthew spitting blood into the sink! LOL Thankfully it was very loose and ready to come out!

I haven't gotten to that stage yet with my eldest (she's 5), so I have no idea what to do.

If dad is around have him do it. Here's what I would do:

Grab tooth with Kleenex right up by the gums. Say, "Okay honey, I am going to pull on the count of three." One......Two (yank!)....Three!

Worked like a charm.

My sister gave my nephew an apple and told him to take a big ol' bite. Voila! The tooth got stuck and he didn't even notice.

Our daughter once lost one of hers chewing on a Starburst fruit chew.