Day 89: Dentist Day!

Today was the appointment I had been dreading. The dental appt. for Kwintyn in T.C. I had talked, and talked with him about it the weeks, and days before, and even used bribery so it hopefully would be less painless for everyone involved. This place was a pediatric dental office, and when we walked in, we were feeling pretty at ease. They had these beautiful paintings on the wall. The waiting area had a fish tank, like the one from Finding Nemo, and the walls were painting in a mural of the beach, and tropical animals. They had a tiki hut in a corner for the kids to play with, when you register you get a lei. We got called back, and the room that Kwin got was the Farm room. It had fields, barns, tractors, and all sorts of farm animals painted on the wall. They also had stuffed animals that were barnyard animals in a corner.

Kwin was doing so good, and I was thinking that it's all going to be just a matter of time before he has a melt down. The Dentist hasn't made his way in yet. The Dentist comes in, and we try a different approach with Kwin. Instead of him sitting in the chair, he sat with Frank in a stool, in a hugging position, and then he laid back into the Dentist's lap. He hesitated to open his mouth, but I gently reminded him, Toys R Us. Well all be a son of a gun!! He opened his mouth, and kept it open, and did not fight one bit. He listened to the Dentist when he said to bite down, and open again. I was SO, SO happy to see him comply, and be not stressed out. Frank said he was relaxed, and his muscles were not tense. I was SO proud of him!!

We also found out that our concern with his front teeth were not normal. When he was teething, and getting his top teeth in we noticed they didn't look straight & off centered. I had brought it up to his Doctor, and he said he didn't see anything that wasn't normal, and the Dentist last time, just really didn't get a good look. Well, he has an extra tooth!! He has an extra lateral incisor. Guess it happens 3/100 kids, so pretty normal. So instead of having 20 teeth, he has 21. Crazy!!! LOL

Appointment went great, and Kwintyn, and Chelsea both got a balloon animal. That's another extra touch they do to make the kids feel happy! Kwin picked a sword, and Chelsea picked a cat. Hers popped before we left. :( The conclusion of his appointment is that he needs to go have dental reconstruction for that chipped tooth, and the decay he has, which they said was not even the worst they seen, and they seen worse just today. That made me sad. I feel ashamed as a parent too. But it is like a surgery, and he will have to be put under anesthesia, and it will be done in a hospital. I know the hospital is a good one, so that makes me feel a bit better, but I'm so worried, amongst a million other feelings. I hope he does well, and if we need to use the Toys R Us bribe again, then by golly we are!! I can breathe easy for a little while, he won't be getting this done till June. So lots of mental prepness for Mom & Kwin in the months to come. Just so happy he did so well today.


Big Boy!!!