The Heidt Family: First Trip to the Dentist!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

First Trip to the Dentist!

At William's 2 year appointment with his doctor, it was recommended that William see a dentist. After the appointment, I started to wonder if the doctor saw something specific in his mouth she was concerned about or if it was just a general recommendation. Several days after the appointment was too late to find out, so we went ahead and made an appointment with the dentist. We had to cancel and reschedule a few times due to the sheer number of other appointments on our calendar after our Christmas accident and the end of pregnancy. Last week we finally got William in for his first trip to the dentist!

Waiting in the waiting room

Sitting in the chair. He was WAY less impressed than I was expecting about the chair going up and down. He was WAY more interested in the buttons making the chair go up and down. So, right off the bat, he was difficult to keep in the chair (keep in mind the only reason I actually followed through with the appointment at this point was because I was worried there was something was going on with his teeth).

Looking at the special light with the Hotwheel sunglasses on, In the end, we went up and down in the chair, played with the tooth cleaning brush and the special tools and let the hygenist count the teeth on the bottom of his mouth. She was impressed by all of his teeth. Not so much by his lack of cooperation. I was happy nobody was interested in holding my baby boy down to get a really good look inside of his mouth. The quick peeks the hygienist got were enough to calm my worries. We have instructions to bring him back in another 6 months, but we'll see how cooperative he is being at that point. Maybe we'll go, maybe we'll wait a little while. Who knows.

In other big news, Amelia had a bath tonight in the baby tub without the newborn support piece in it. She enjoyed it very much with all the extra space to kick and splash. See the video below for some of the wild splashing and kicking!