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Thursday, July 23, 2009

First official dental visits!

My dad and I took Ro and Ree for their first dental visits this week and they passed with flying colors! The funny thing is that TubaDad and I had actually been coaching the girls for a week, telling them that the dentist might ask them all sorts of tough questions, like "do you chew ice" or "do you brush your teeth twice a day" and they just needed to tell the truth. ("Yes, but we're trying not to" and "No, but we're trying to" would be the unfortunate answers to those two questions, by the way.) But their dentist was mostly concerned with getting them comfortable with dental visits and didn't grill or drill 'em. Phew. Ree was pretty apprehensive. She was nominated (by her sister) to get in the chair first, and just wasn't quite sure about things. Ro was originally sitting across the room in BobBob's lap, but apparently felt the need to be in the midst of the action because she soon moved over right next to Ree. It was really cute when Ro held Ree's hand and also when the dentist would say things to Ree like "Is it ok if I tip the chair back now?" and Ree's eyes would widen and she'd shake her head no at the same time that Ro was vigorously nodding her head yes and saying "I do it! Lemme up there, I want to do it!" Ree is in the pink skirt (and was first in the dentist's chair), and Ro is in the orange skirt: (thumbnails, medium-sized pics, slideshow) Both girls were happy in the end, especially when they got goody bags filled with toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, stickers, and dentist tattoos. And both got the thumbs-up from their dentist, who said that their teeth looked excellent and we were all doing a good job of caring for them. Ro's old tooth stains (most likely from liquid vitamins she received in China as an infant) are completely gone, and Ree's two fused bottom teeth are just fine and don't point to any problems now or with her adult teeth. Little sweeties did great. And my heart just melted when I said to Ree "See, that wasn't so bad. You can face anything with your sister by your side," and she replied "Yeah, and your mama." Awwwww.

18 comments:

  1. so sweet! such brave girls!

    we're big fans of our dentist... good thing since we've had to visit more often that we'd like (those pesky mouth injuries that seem to go hand in hand with an active preschooler!)

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  2. "Yeah, and your mama."

    Oh, just melt my heart! I love your gals, Wish we had been able to get down to CA 'cause I was so going to email you (the trip never materialized that the hubs had to take for work). 'Course, I was going to try to steal Wela, but I wouldn't have told you that until I was running out the door with her tucked under my arm! :)

    Cheers,

    Kiy

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  3. So sweet!

    Yet another milestone passed. And with flying colors!

    Donna
    Our blog: Double Happiness!

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  4. They were very brave.....and so cute!! I love how they were holding hands:)

    Hope you all have a great weekend!!

    Lisa

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  5. Too funny! That's exactly what we did today, too!

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  6. Good that it was such a positive experience for the girls and you! I still haven't done M's first visit and I need to get it done, hope it goes as well.

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  7. Anonymous7/23/2009

    Love the pics...the ones of the girls holding hands are priceless. A picture really is worth a thousand words. The froggy footwear! We did the dentist routine yesterday too. Now I need to get myself in there!
    Take extra good care,
    Jen

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  8. Aww...so cute. How nice that they'll always have each other.

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  9. Melt my heart! Love the hand holding, Mama.

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  10. You are the best Mommy. I just think your girls are adorable. How lucky you are to have them.
    The little hands are so sweet.
    Wish I knew you in real life. You are the best.

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  11. Very sweet. I can just hope that Jammer's first dentist goes as well when the time comes. But I'm guessing it won't since he is a bear on opening his mouth so I can brush his teeth. Stubborn, stubborn, stubborn.

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  13. Too funny. We just had our 2nd visit and I keep telling myself with time it'll get better. They LOVE going, but when it's their turn in the chair they do a total 360. Although yesterday, they were playing dentist with their potty chairs.

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  14. "yeah and your mama." MELT!

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  15. *sniff!* Those two are the best of friends and I love when you share their comments with us! Their mamma rocks and they know it. Smart girlies!!

    Glad to hear the first visit went so well! :o) Yay!

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  16. Hey that rocks! Our first visit, yielded a little cavity for Maylin. So tell Ro and Ree good job!! That brushing must be paying off.

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  17. I'm sure it was a relief to get that out of the way!

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  18. Loved these pics! I'm a ped dental hygienist so this was fun to see your girls get their first check-ups. I wish my girls had been so lucky. Poor Lily has a silver crown and filling already and lil sis Lia has had a filling too. Of course, I'm secretly blaming it all on genetics. There's no way it could be a dental Mommy's fault. :)

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