Today, Lexi had her first visit to the Dentist! I was a little nervous about how it would all go... The first thing we did was show the assistant how we brush teeth at home. Unfortunately, for the most part Lexi DOES NOT want to brush her teeth and most attempts end in her sucking the bubble gum flavored paste off the toothbrush. The assistant gave her a new pink brush with a duck on it and helped her to brush her teeth a little. We then ventured on to the big room where Lexi played in the big chair while the assistant raised and lowered it to Lexi's squeals of delight. She was fascinated by the hanging overhead light as well and pointed to it everytime the assistant turned it on saying "Yite, yite". She grabbed a big stuffed Ernie and headed back to the chair where she was raised up and the back reclined. Lexi dutifully laid down with Ernie next to her and promptly opened her mouth to our chorus of "Ahhhhh" and received a lovely teeth cleaning with cookie paste. Lucky girl. She doesn't even get cookies at home very often. Maybe it helped that the assistant let Lexi touch the spinning head of the cleaning tool before it went in her mouth. Dr. Rob came in and examined her teeth after the cleaning, stating that she has 16 BEAUTIFUL pearly whites. Yeah!! She is still awaiting 4 more molars. He was so impressed with our routines at home that do not include milk or juice before/at bedtime.
We got an overall good report, and were urged to try and brush 2 times a day. Ever since then, Lexi has been happy to stand on her stool at the sink in the bathroom and brush her teeth! She even lets me help her a little. She is so grown up. Where did our baby go?
