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

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And there are people wondering why someone decides against having kids...

Welcome back! Hope you feel better soon. Have you already decided on which bank to rob to get your money back?

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Lol has to be Barclay's Bank. But who knows, maybe i don't need to xD I keep getting some manager from there emailing me promising to give me US$20,000,000 if i would just give him my personal deets. He swears black and blue im some sort of long lost sultans cousins uncle and without me there would be no one to give this to. Surprising enough, he doesn't already know my details since he found me and all that jazz ^^

1 month ago
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If you could spare a measly 1 Million, bump this posting so that I can give you my details. Thank you ;)

1 month ago
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Pretty pricey, but definitely the right choice. Welcome back, and I wishing you a speedy recovery.

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Have a bump for a great train and oof sorry to hear what about happened to your teeth. I already hate going to the dentist in general and hated having my wisdom tooths removed + the time after. Can't imagine what you must be going through. Hope everything will heal well!

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Thanks!

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Thanks for the train! Bump!

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Just reading your message made my teeth and wallet hurt. I hope you make a full recovery soon. The only good thing is, your new teeth won't hurt you in the future. :-)

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Ouch, well hopefully in a year or two, this will be just a "cool" story that you tell people.
Also, bump

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I also would have gone for option 2 if I was in your situation

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Welcome back!

Sounds like you've been through quite the ordeal. Hope your recovery goes smoothly. My step sisters husband had the same procedure done a few years ago, and said he had some lingering discomfort for a while after the operation, but I think he was ultimately happy with the results. Does still complain sometimes about stuff getting stuck in them though.

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Thank you and bump!

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Sorry for your loss of teeth. I feel for you with all my jaw (8 already pulled out, with 2-3 more to go... the rest are salvageable - for now). I will also need to go the implant way soon if I want to eat anything other than porridge.

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Teeth are a pain to deal with... good luck with that and welcome back!

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Bump!

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hi, it's funny to see that every first game is a train lol, by the way, I also remember having a lot of problems with my teeth before that I had to install a crown in my tooth, it was very long and painful, it's good that it's in the past

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Good luck with your new teeths! My parents have implants, too. Hopefully, my teeth stay as good as they are. Thanks for the trains!

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Welcome back! Wishing a quick recovery and a soon-eaten steak <3

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Welcome back bump

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resurrection bump

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wishing you a quick recovery!

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So sorry you had to go through that, hope you recover quickly.

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Curious to hear how these implants work for you long term. I have some teeth that ill need to be pulled eventually and was considering implants over a bridge.

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That had to be rude awakening..

I'm even more happy now that I refused my children to sleep with us since very young age. Each time one of them tried to sneak in - they were gently but also firmly directed back to their own bed, until they stopped even trying.
Only people who were complaining were my mother and mother in law (bitches hate each other but surprisingly they formed common front for that case). Their were like: "children needs love". And I was like "I need love too and I don't want them to interrupt me". That usually shut their mouth.
But they still bitch about it occasionally. I wish I had picture of your "smile" before and after surgery xD I would show it to them and say that this is how it ends. Also that prize! Quite chilling. And I thought that dentists are expensive here in poland. in case my english is rusted - I'm not asking for your pictures, that's just a joke, but for sure I will tell them that story

Anyway - I feel sorry for you. I wish you recovery without issues.
And for f*** sake - teach your kid to stay in his own bed. Remember - Implants can be knocked out too, but with huge blow to your mandible - even to the point of fracturing or breaking bone

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Hahaha mate, I used to be the hard ass too! Firstborn came along, and I was all about firm boundaries. “Your bed’s over there, mine’s over here, and unless the house is on fire or you master teleportation and I can't prevent it, we stay in our own zones.” And it worked… for a while.

But somewhere between child number two and the third installment in my ongoing series of sleep deprived chaos, I lost control of the remote, the bedtime rules, and quite possibly my own identity. These days, I’m basically the toddler and my two year old is the benevolent dictator, graciously allowing me half a pillow and the occasional moment of REM sleep......as long as I don’t breathe too loud or attempt to roll over without written permission. Honestly, I think I got soft. Not soft like “emotionally available” soft, nah fuck that, I mean literally soft....from years of curling into weird positions to avoid tiny ninja elbows and midnight foot to face combat. In which clearly, I lost that fight too. And just like you said, the mother and in law alliance? Oh yeah, I know that horror movie too. Suddenly they’re co-directing the parenting choices with full Oscar-worthy drama: “But the children neeeeed closeness.” Meanwhile, I’m Googling “can lack of sleep cause you to hallucinate furniture talking back?” xD

You’re right though, the price tag on this dental mishap is enough to make you want to chew some rocks just out of spite. If I had a photo of the “before” smile, I’d slap it on a parenting pamphlet titled "Let Them Cry It Out: Your Teeth Will Thank You.” Honestly, I don’t know what’s more painful: the surgery, the cost, or the fact that my 5 year old has done more structural damage to me asleep than I’ve done to myself through years of caffeine abuse and mannnny other bad life choices ^^

Yet I wholeheartedly agree ^^ no more teeth sacrifices to the Sleep Demons. It’s time to reclaim the bed! Maybe. Probably. Unless the two year old midget boss starts crying again… in which case, I’ll see you in the spare room, hiding under a doona and wondering where it all went wrong and attempting to dream of a time I was free, free, freeeeeee ^^

But alas, my teeth and even my new 'teeth' defining me as an old fogie, are not indestructible and well, nor am I ^^

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Heh. parenthood is an adventure indeed. Good luck! You will need it :)

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Bump!

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Wow. Some years back I heard a similar story from a friend. They had their son sleeping in the bed with them and he kicked his teeth out and had to go in for some emergency surgery thing. Then I thought that's a once in a lifetime thing, there's no ways that happens to other people. And here you are. You sound like a great father and I hope you are your son are both doing well :)

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Thank you for your generosity! And I hope everything goes well as you recover from dental surgery 💕

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