The first dentist trip
Allow me to interrupt the scheduled craft posts for a little Mommy bragging! My girls and I all had a visit to the dentist at the same time today. Sean was with both the girls while I was in another cube getting cleaned. Audrey pretty much was there to say “Hi” but Ava got the full service! And she did AWESOME!!!!
She has been excited about going to the dentist for months now! There is a Berenstain Bears episode where Brother and Sister go to the dentist, and we have been watching that almost every day now. Ava acts it out and pretends to have a loose tooth, even faking a lisp “I have a looth tooth”. And then she has a Dora book about the dentist that has helped build even MORE excitement. When we told her she was finally going you would have thought we were telling her she was going to Disneyland…..she could NOT wait!
Here are a few pictures of my girls and the big day today:
In the big chair
Starting to get excited:
How Audrey kept busy while Ava was in the chair:
Ava helping use the mirror:
Getting her prized new toothbrush!
And one because she looks so cool!
Anyway, their teeth are tip top and Audrey will get the full cleaning in a year. I on the other hand have an emergency appointment on Friday. Even though I have no pain in my teeth and my tooth care is great I have about 12 teeth that are VERY bad and cavity filled. It seems my years of abusing myself with my eating disorder have finally caught up with my teeth so some serious intervention is needed.
It was pretty interesting to me, the Dentist sat down who I had just met and said “We need to talk about your diet”. Frankly it seems that’s ALL I talk about and I felt like giving her a number! Get behind my dietician, trainer and therapist and I’ll see when I can fit you in.
Anyway, my girls did great and I just had to share my pic’s! Hopefully my appointment on Friday will go as planned and my teeth can be salvaged.
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That’s too funny, I never heard of a kid being excited to go to the dentist!! It’s pretty awesome. My daughter Naomi (6 1/2) was perfect the first visits but then they took X-rays after that (after 6) and she didn’t like it…and sure enough now that her teeth touch each other she has cavities between the teeth (just like me!) so we had to go for filling (they’re baby teeth though) and that went ok till the end when she asked that we remove “what was in her mouth”. She got super upset when we said we couldn’t (what she wanted us to remove was the feeling of the anesthesia!) and cried for an hour non stop (and I had to buy half of Target!!). We are going back next month for the other side!! *sigh* I’m so not looking forward to that one!
I pray your trip to the dentist will be ok (hugs)
The girls did so well! I’m very proud of them.
OMgosh that is just the cutest thing ever. Look at you taking a camera to the dentist-thats so great. What a big girl. I LOVE that name-AVA
Im happy her first expierience was a good one. What a great role model for her sisiter
Sorry about your teeth, and your ongoing struggle :C One day at a time.
That was such a cute story. Scott shared with me that you told them going to the dentist is as fun as Disneyland. What great parenting. It worked smashingly.
The girls are getting so big. Thank you for posting pictures and for your nice Christmas card. We always love your cards. We keep them up way past their seasons. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years!
Crystal