Dentist

Along with what felt like everyone and their cousin, the boys had a dentist appointment this week.  Cl has been once before and this was Andy's first time. 

I had NO idea what to expect of Andy.  He bit Cal the morning of the appointment and left a HUGE mark, so really, I was kinda expecting him to bite the tar out of the technician... ;)

Thankfully, both boys did GREAT and I am so happy and proud to report they are both cavity free!

I made their appointments back to back so that Cal could go first and Andy could watch and then Andy could go... but they ended up cleaning both teeth at the same time, on side by side chairs.  If you are local and need a pediatric dentist, I can NOT recommend Chapel Hill Pediatric Dentistry enough.  They are so so so good with kids (as you would expect, I guess), and really made the experience enjoyable and fun. 

The last time Cal went, he had just given up his paci and his teeth were measuring at a 3 or a 4 (that relates to the teeth jutting out, or something like that) and his teeth had since corrected themselves to a 1/ close to 0.  I am thankful he gave up the paci when he did! Andy is measuring at a 3, which stunned me...I thought he would be way worse than that with his finger sucking!

Of course, I mentioned the finger sucking to the dentist and she said to wait until he is a little bit older and able to reason and then start making finger sucking off limits in certain areas of the house (i.e. there is no finger sucking allowed in the kitchen, and then move it to the whole downstairs and then move it to only the car and the crib...).  I feel like that's pretty doable.  I was about to purchase the horrible tasting stuff that you paint on his fingers.  I have a friend who used it for her daughter who bit her nails and she said her daughter was gagging and foaming at the mouth.... not sure I am ready for *that* yet....

Cal walked right over to the table and hopped up there like it was his day job.  He was totally fearless and loved it! Having Cal be so brave was awesome for Andy-- Andy didn't want to be the cry baby!  For kids Andy's age, they have them sit on their mom's lap facing their mom with legs on either side and they lay their heads back on the technician's lap on a pillow.  Andy did GREAT with this! He loved having her count his teeth and he thought the toothpaste they used to clean his teeth was just the greatest tasting thing ever.  Andy is always very concerned with "where ____ go??" He must ask me 908 times every single day "where daddy go???" It is actually really sweet of him to be concerned! Well, half way through the cleaning, he asked (with the lady's hands in his mouth): "where Cal go??" We had to let him sit up and see that Cal was still right next to him... made my heart swell a bit :)

I am proud of my boys and their cavity free mouths!!!