Andra marked another milestone today...her first trip to the dentist! Technically, she'd been there before about six months ago; she sat in the chair, opened her mouth for like a nanosecond, then made it very clear she was done! But today was evidence my little girl is growing up! She was very brave and extremely cooperative...and I have to admit, I'm bursting with pride. :)
We've been talking about the upcoming visit for a couple weeks now. I brought it up every night when we'd brush her teeth; we would practice opening her mouth really big and saying "ahhhhh" and talk about the dentist brushing her teeth. I even promised ice cream after the visit if she was a good girl and cooperated. (That's an INCENTIVE, folks, not a bribe. :) "Parents" magazine says so!!) Because she can be a little timid, the key with Andra is preparation, so she knows exactly what to expect. If she's unsure about something, she usually warms up to it the more we talk about it and prepare her for it. So...we were ready for the big day.
As soon as they called her name, she bounded out of the waiting room and into the chair...no problem! She actually left me in her dust picking up the toys in the waiting room! She got a pair of cool shades to keep the bright light out of her eyes, which she thought was pretty cool.
Polish for those pearly whites...
Learning how to use the sucky straw thing...
First experience with flouride. Yuck (at least in my opinion), but she didn't seem to mind!
Clean bill of health! No cavities. Our next assignment: flossing. Ugh. I feel like you need professional training to develop the dexterity to floss someone else's teeth. Anyway, she hadn't even wiggled out of the dentist's chair before she reminded me of the INCENTIVE I'd offered her. She kept saying "Ice peem! Ice peem! Ice peem!" all the way out the door. Good memory, that girl. One order of ice cream with chocolate syrup and sprinkles comin' right up (actually two, because I had a good checkup too!).
3 comments:
That's so cute of her with the shades on and using the 'sucky'thing. Looks like she did good! I can't even remember my early trips to the dentist, so i'm sure she'll have fun looking back on it one day!
is sucky straw thing a technical term?
hey, where did you take her? was it a peds dentist? or just your regular dentist? we need to get mady in to the dentist too! looks like andra was a trooper! maybe andra could give mady some tips to get her prepared :)
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