The Dentist

Getting her teeth painted

I am pretty diligent about taking the kids to the dentist, as long as we have insurance that is. So every six months I drag my littles to see the local pediatric dentist. Last week was no exception. They all did really well. No cavities for Abigail, she hasn't had one yet :) Brigham had his first set of x-rays and was a trooper. I was just really happy he didn't throw up on the assistant with his sensitive gag reflex, and Nems did awesome too. The dentist even said she had beautiful teeth and that she had all of them!

Unfortunately  Briggs had one small cavity and Abigail has all of her molars. So we needed to come back in a few days to fix the cavity and put a sealant on Abigail's molars. Since this was going to be a little more intense I got a sitter for Nems( Thank you). Thankfully I did. It did not go well. That is for Briggs anyway. Abby did well, she listened and was a little anxious but she made it through. As for Brigham, they tried to give him laughing gas. He refused to breath through his nose. He said he didn't know how. He kept swatting it off and calling it stupid. He also yelled that he didn't know how to breath out of his nose. Granted he was slightly congested and it made it harder but he would not do it. 

Nothing like watching a movie as you get worked on.

We tried everything, he can be rather stubborn. So we had him inhale through his mouth for a minute to try and calm him down and see if he would then let it be on his nose. No such luck. Finally the dentist came in, and just went to work. The cavity was really shallow so it probably only took maybe two minutes tops, but Briggs screamed and cried. Lets just say there were four of us in there keeping him from causing in damage. There was lots of tears and screaming. He was mostly angry, it didn't hurt him, but it was rough. Hopefully he wasn't too traumatized. Maybe it will help me to get him to brush better.

Before the drama

What is this....So the melt down starts.