Dental Check Up

I completely forgot to post about her dental check up on Friday!  I started taking her every 6 months for check ups shortly after she was 2 and she has always done very well!  Poor kid is just like me and is probably a minority of people who actually don't mind going to the dentist!  On the drive to Wapak to see Dana & Doctor Dan, Ellee was telling me that she was just so excited about going to the dentist that she couldn't sleep last night!  I'm glad that she gets excited about getting a new toothbrush and her own "sparkly" toothpaste!

The difference this time was that Dani also had an appointment! Dani had an appointment back in January, but I was unable to take them and lets just say that it did not go very well.  I spoke with the Dental Hygienist (who is a good friend of Josh's) and we decided to schedule all three of us at the same time and have another hygienist work with the girls.  Dana started my cleaning while another took Ellee across the hall for her cleaning while Dani sat in my room to watch.

It's hard to accept, but there comes a point when kids need to be able to do things without you hovering over them, even though it's hard to fight that "mommy feeling" that you need to be there just in case to help.  I think this was one of those times!  

Ellee did great, as usual! Even though I couldn't watch it, it loved hearing the girls and the hygienist talk about brushing the alligator's teeth and the other cute things that came up in conversation!  Ellee came over to show me her pretty pink tooth brush and all the other stuff in her goody bag that she was so excited about (which in turn got Dani excited)! I really wanted to be able to watch (and take a few pictures) of Dani's first exam, but my took longer than the girls' did. I asked El if she would sit with Dani and help her while she got her teeth cleaned.  Ellee loves to be the big girl and help out, so she was more than willing!  She came over to my room at one point and exclaimed about how Dani had 8 teeth on the top!  Dana explained that it means that Dani has 2 more teeth to get in, and off El went to check on the progress!

When they finished, they came in and Dani showed her good bag exclaiming about her yellow tooth brush!  Ellee told how neither one of them had any cavities (although I'm not sure if she realized what that meant, but she knew it was a good thing) and both were smiling from ear to ear!

Staff knows you by name, they take you back and get started right away, and it's smiles and giggles the whole time... now if only all other doctor appointments went this well and were such happy events!