It can't be time already!

My baby has her first loose tooth! Ellie, who won't even be four until the beginning of November, was complaining the other day that her tooth was hurting while she was eating. I said to her somewhat jokingly, "Maybe it's loose. Let me see." She has been pretending to have loose teeth for about a year now, so I thought maybe this was just another instance of make-believe. She came over to me, I checked the tooth in question, and, sure enough, it was loose! And not just a bit loose, barely noticeable. It was quite loose along with the tooth next to it! Now, my other kids lost their first teeth at around 4 1/2 years of age and all three of them started getting teeth early, so I expected Ellie to start losing teeth early. But not this early! Wow! I don't know who is more anxious about the whole first lost tooth thing - me or her. I'll update when the tooth is out...