drew's 1st visit to the dentist...2.23

with the help of nana and mimi, i took all three kiddos to the dentist. a NEW dentist. drew's FIRST dentist visit.

ugh. our dumb insurance changed on december 1st...sarah went last january to MY dentist (at the time), dr. barton. i decided she REALLY needed to go to a pediatric dentist, so she went to dr. rowland in july for her 2nd dental visit. THEN, the dumb insurance change...

so, i had to start from square one and find a new dentist...through a lot of referrals from my sweet friends, we decided on this one...so poor sarah has been to the dentist three times at three different places.

anyway...so the reason so many people were involved in the trip to the dentist was sarah had spent the night at mimi's on sunday night, and drew had spent the night at nana's house. so, i just had to get myself and jacob to the dentist on time :) nice!

we had been talking up how cool the dentist is to drew since it was his first time to go...what a waste of time...he was as cool as a cucumber about it all! so passive and agreeable (not his normal personality by a long shot)! he did so well with his cleaning that they attempted x-rays! he did great with them, except he couldn't "get" the concept of keeping his mouth closed on the bitewings while the hygenist stepped away...so, drew got a GOLD STAR for his first dentist visit! and a great report for his teeth and gums!

little sarah was a different story...she was scared. really scared. she does NOT trust people in scrubs who lay her back onto tables/exam chairs. and i really can't blame her. she went through all the mess with physical therapy and her torticollis her first whole year of life...then she had that terrible anal fissure with surgery...THEN she has to go to the eye doctor 4x/year and get her eyes dilated 1x/year! she has A LOT of scary stuff in her little memory...

she did let the hygenist do her entire cleaning, and she let the dentist check her out, but they didn't even attempt x-rays because she was so tense and tearful. breaks your heart...

she did get a great report on her teeth and gums too. the doctor actually said her mild crossbite has all but disappeared and that her mouth doesn't look like she's a thumb sucker! what a miracle! i guess we are getting our "break" on her mouth! its about time! so, that was some good news!

the funny thing about the whole dentist experience was that when we got back out to the waiting room where mimi and jacob were, sarah immediately told mimi that she had not cried at all! not sure if she was straight out lying, or if her little reality was that skewed!!! anyway...i am hoping we can finally establish a little consistency with our dentist visits. and hopefully that will help sarah out a little bit. she is such a little habitual thing...

so, that's the story of, that's the story of...our dentist appointment!!!

p.s. sarah and mimi came straight from dance class...thus sarah's interesting ensemble of a leotard with pants :)