Imma's Teeth Are Having Babies

Imma thinks that A) Her teeth are going to have babies or B) A baby is going to come out of her mouth.

She is a little confused over the loss of her first two teeth.

They came out within about ten minutes of each other a couple of weeks ago. I've never heard of that happening before. Both of her bottom, middle teeth. And she literally lost both of them. The first one we think she may have swallowed. The second one she was playing with and we couldn't find it.

But the tooth fairy came anyway. She brought her a dollar and a new swim suite. Imma was proud to have both.

She was really upset at first.  She didn't understand that teeth are supposed to come out.  She thought she would never have teeth their again. She kept asking everyone if they had babies, too, if their teeth had come out, if their teeth were big or little, etc.  In the last few weeks, she has probably asked me if she could look at my teeth about 50 times a day.  She still doesn't quite understand, but she can see her new teeth coming in now so at least she isn't worried that she's going to have a gaping hole in her mouth for the rest of her life.

I tried to take a picture but she didn't quite understand that either. These are our attempts.

You can see the new teeth popping through in the bottom/middle.

You can't really see anything at all in this picture, except for a silly girl.

Does anyone else have experience explaining tooth loss to a special needs child?  What worked for you? What didn't work?  What misconceptions did your child have?