Hailey's teeth part II

I finally made an appointment with Hailey's dentist before we move because 1) her front teeth are darkening at a pretty rapid rate and 2) I figure without dental insurance it's better to go to the dentist (the scary Dr. as Hailey calls him) we have at least seen before since Hailey is unsure about the whole dentist office anyway! After an x-ray he tells me we there is infection around both of the front teeth and we will probably end up needing to have them pulled! WHAT? Ug. Can this nightmare seriously get any worse? So I have a moment with something in my eye and ask him if there is a chance we won't have to...he suggested I wait like a month or so and take her back in to x-ray and see if there have been any changes. Needless to say I've had a few weeks now to get ok with the idea and Hailey and I are both brushing really good to try to make them better. If not, I guess she'll still be my cutest little cutie with or without front teeth! But that is like 4 more years at least until she gets new ones! Apparently, it is actually pretty common and the Dentist's little boy had his pulled out at 3 too! People will probably think she has been on sugar over-load regardless, so whatever we have to do to prevent damage to the permanent teeth is what I'll do. She says "we have to brush really good so they can get better and we won't have to have them out." I figured I might as well start preparing her for the worst now. :( Oh, and in case you have a little one who damages their baby teeth (this badly) 1) do not try to move them back (which I totally tried to do) and 2) take them into the dentist soon after, so that they can give an antibiotic to help decrease the risk of infection (oh yeah, didn't do that either) Chock it up to crappy single mom of the year!