After nearly a year away, I’m finally back! For those who remember me, you’ll know I’ve got three amazing (and occasionally chaotic) boys—12, 5, and nearly 2. I absolutely love being a dad, whether it's creating fantasy stories with my eldest, weaving "choose your own adventure" tales, or trying (and sometimes failing) to harness the creativity of the little ones. Parenting is an adventure all on its own… but one of my kids decided to take things to the next level.

You see, my 5-year-old has always been a bit of a nighttime terror. A champion of unnecessary midnight invasions, he’s spent years sneaking into my bed, tossing, turning, and generally thrashing about like a fish on land. Unfortunately for me, his chaotic sleep gymnastics had some unintended consequences. Over many months (and probably hundreds of accidental headbutts, kicks, and wild flailing limbs), he managed to knock out my two front lower teeth. One at a time. I swear, if there were an Olympic sport for stealthily breaking a parent's spirit (and dental structure) while asleep, he’d be a gold medalist.

Now, I’ve never been the most self-conscious person, but walking around looking like a hillbilly horror show did a number on my confidence. A trip to the dentist confirmed my worst fears—without intervention, my lower teeth would slowly shift and eventually just… fall over on their own. Fantastic. My options?

1: Remove all my lower teeth and get dentures, which would be free-floating, prone to falling out, and make eating steak a distant memory. Cost: $6,000+.

2: Go all in on "All-on-4" implants—four titanium screws drilled into my jaw to anchor a permanent set of teeth. A 6-hour operation, and oh yeah, an eye-watering $32,000 price tag, including an extra $7,000 just to be put to sleep so I wouldn’t sit there for 6 hours dreaming of a cigarette.

So, after raiding my superannuation (because, let's be honest, I wasn't waiting for my teeth to fall out one by one like a grim countdown to self-destruction), I just had the surgery two days ago. My face currently feels like it doesn’t belong to my body, I'm doped up on pain meds, and I’m probably not forming words properly yet… but hey, I’m back!

With that said, I have a couple of small trains. Get your tickets, checkpoints here - With no defined order, or significance, cos I couldn't be bothered:
I've prob screwed something up but they should be up for a week. -Yep, screwed up, I have an odd cart. 1 2 goes for two weeks. Oh noes, anything goes ^^

Train - Level 0
Train - Level 1
Train - Level 2
Train - Level 3
Train - Level 4
WL Train - Level Over 9000

1 week ago*

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That sound horrible. Welcome back.

1 week ago
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Welcome back buddy and get well soon.

1 week ago
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Welcome back! Ooof, kinda reminds me of how easily my brother would hurt his teeth when we were kids. I hope your face feels better soon.

1 week ago
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gratz for a new set of tooth! and thanks for the giveaways

1 week ago
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Hope it goes well

1 week ago
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Best wishes with your recovery! I have similar problem with my younger kid, but no serious injuries occur yet. Thanks for the trains!

1 week ago
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Be well soon!

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1 week ago
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Guess time to lock the bedroom. :o I hope you fully recover from the op soon, and thanks for the "micro"-train. :-)

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"Ouch"... for what happened to you. And another "ouch" for its price... I hope you have a fast recovery, and no more incidents on you.

1 week ago
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welcome back Althalus! and thanks for this awesome huge train. get well soon.

1 week ago
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Welcome back ! And brave yourself for the dental work (for price and pain)

1 week ago
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Welcome back! I hope you can use your new teeth to eat a lot of steaks ^_^

1 week ago
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🚂🍀🎉

1 week ago
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Holy hell, that amount of money is insane. Sorry that you got to deal with that. I hope you recover quickly from the surgery!

And thank you for the ride!

1 week ago
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Get better soon! Eat more ice cream :)
thanks for the trains!

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May Lord Durek touch your soul and tralalala

I have a 19 months old little shit and he is already giving me nightmares in night, he started a habit of not sleeping on his own (after 19 months!) and coming to our bed and yeah kicking me hard until the morning!. so I kinda love the way you write your things haha

I wish you a good recovery friend.

1 week ago
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Welcome back and thanks! Hope all goes better and stay healthy, have a nice day :)

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Thanks for these trains!

1 week ago
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That is a set of nasty options. Dentists do make a lot of money. Thanks for the trains

1 week ago
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How much did it cost... Hope you are ok

1 week ago
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Wow you have a little prize fighter on your hands. I was the same as a kid. Lots of nighttime anxiety but I was staying in my bed and mostly scaring the shit out of my sister and breaking my own bones (twice) on the wall before my bed being moved to the middle of the room.
Teeth are expensive. We only know how much when we get old enough to need new ones.
Sending the little one calming vibes and some healing vibes for you.

1 week ago
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Welcome back, I hope you at least took a few hillbille pics that you can drop in his future wedding photo spread :D :D
kidding aside. welcome back, and despite the road to get there, you're on the way up! Stay positive and it'll soon be a memory..

1 week ago
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Teeth bump! :D

1 week ago
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I hope you get well and fix that smile.

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Welcome back Althalus. That sounds very painful :(
Best wishes with your recovery!

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