Quinny went to the dentist for the first time this morning. They counted and polished her teeth and gave her a toy cell phone and a tooth brush. I would not say that she was in heaven because a few times when asked to open her mouth and lay back, she looked at me and said, "I no wan' to." It was pretty cute.
But she loved squirting the "water gun" and the air puffer. She held the little tooth mirror the whole time and sent her dog-dog before the fire squad before she agreed to ANYTHING. (BTW: her dog-dog has 6 teeth and she has 17.) She sat in my lap the whole time and let them polish her teeth, which only took about 30 seconds, and she let the dentist have a good look around in there.
She gets to move up to big girl tooth paste, and she needs to brush a bit more in the back.
I think she had a good time. I wanted to take her in to make sure she had her own positive experience before TV or anyone else teaches her that it is scary AND I really wanted to get her teeth checked out since I am such a mess in there. Dear me.
Anyway, I highly recommend taking your little ones to the dentist. It's probably free if you have insurance, so think of it as a cheap outing and a good learning experience.
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Jill, which dentist did you use? I've been meaning to get Caleb in for awhile...
ReplyDeleteI went to Dr. Jensen at the round about. I'll get the name of the hygienist for you. She was great and very patient.
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