Time for the Dentist

On Thursday, one of the times that I hate most rolled upon us yet again: a trip to the dentist. The dentist doesn't really bother me THAT much. It's the money that I inevitably end up paying every time that I visit. The past few times I've been, I've taken both kids with me. Sage is always a patient too, and they don't mind to watch Jaggar, which is nice. But this time, Jaggar was going to be a patient, too, which could have gone either way. When I asked them if they wanted to start cleaning his teeth because he just turned 3 (that's when Sage started), they said that they'd do whatever he'd let them do without traumatizing him. So, off we went.

Thankfully, they got started on all of us soon and when one was waiting for the dentist, they'd start cleaning someone else. Thank GOD. I was not feeling my best and thought the taste of that paste could send me over the edge and that we'd have to reschedule, but it was okay. Sage is always first and always a pro. She can pretty much go back by herself now, but I brought Jaggar so that he could see what was going on. His interest lasted for about 5 minutes. I said, "Are they going to clean your teeth, too?" He said, "Ummm, no thank you."

This girl was new (to us), and she was just perfect for Jaggar. He refused to lay down, and I thought, "Hmm...this isn't going to work." But she didn't mind and just did it with him sitting up. Ha, look at his face.

Notice that he brought his Charlie in the Box animal. He told her, "It's Charlie in the Box. It's a misfit toy." She said, "My name is Charlie, too!!" Perfect. :)

She explained what she was doing to him and let him touch and feel before she'd start cleaning.

This was the suction, which she appropriately called "Mr. Slurpy" for Jaggar. He wasn't quite so sure about that, so he just spit on his own.

Amazingly, she got them all polished and was able to look in his mouth. I'd say for his first time and who we were dealing with, that's a huge accomplishment.

We were all good. Sage had xrays for the first time, and they saw 2 spots that he wasn't going to call a cavity YET but he said he's not going to say that he's never not going to have to fill them. Sigh...awesome. And they couldn't do xrays on me this time so they couldn't see anything obvious on me. Next time, I feel sure. I did schedule our next appointment a month earlier than normal because what is worse than going to the dentist? Going to the dentist a week and a half after you have a baby.