Tuesday morning I started talking to the girls about going to the dentist that afternoon. We did a song about it and just said that he is going to count their teeth. I kept talking about it all day and asking what we were going to do at the dentist. Both girls said “count my teeth”. I even said the Dr’s name so they would know who he is when we got there. I had heard fabulous reports about this dentist, Dr. C. He is a pediatric dentist and sees children after they have turned 2. He makes sure he is free to chat with new patients and parents to make it as welcoming and comfortable as possible. We had to wait a little while because they had an emergency right before we got there, but it was worth the wait. Our little Rockstars did AWESOME for their first visit.
The hygienist is showing L the suction tube and told her to kiss it just to see how it feels. She looks a little nervous but that soon passed.
C was ok with the sunglasses we brought, but that was short lived.
Just listening to the hygienist,..
LOOK!! There are tv’s on the ceiling!! What a great idea. Tom & Jerry cartoons were on : )
This little girl makes me daddy and I so proud! Her teeth were checked, and cleaned and polished,..
and she did the water and suction without even a flinch. No crying at all!! It was almost as if she liked it : )
This little girl let her nerves get the best of her, I think. She didn’t want to wear her own sunglasses. She didn’t want to wear the sunglasses from the dentist. She just was not interested in what was going on.
After a couple of teeth were polished she was done. Daddy held her hand but she didn’t want to be there. After a brief break, she wanted to be on the yellow table,… 3 or 4 tables down. Somehow we convinced her to come back to the red table and try again. Still, she did great and we are so proud of her for what she did. We all know the dentist is not our favorite place to go. And the staff kept saying they wanted to keep the girls all day because they did so great!!
The hygienists were finished and Dr. C did the exam. Again, L didn’t mind a bit. No big deal.
After this pic, C laid down on the table and Dr. C was able to look at her teeth. They both got a clear bouncy ball about the size of a large jawbreaker. It is clear and has stars inside. AND they both got stickers- a couple of lions, a panda and a dalmation : ) And daddy went back to work for a couple of hours : )
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