The Phamily Blog: dentist

Captain Silvertooth

Yesterday morning we headed off to the dentist to get the last of Cameron's fillings. He was super-jazzed and excited at the thought of getting a new toy "at Target" if he behaved.
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Cameron bravely hopped onto the dentist's chair and timidly requested that they not raise the seat too high today. They obliged and hooked him up with his headphones and "elephant nose" to help him relax. I noticed that as soon as the gas turned on he started twitching and acting pretty goofy. He seemes a lot more loopy than he was during the previous visit. He was comical to say the least.
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They filled the top cavity and the dentist then told me that the original plan of filling the bottom cavity was going to change. He needed a crown. Ugh. I am just relieved it only cost me about twenty dollars more than the previous estimate.
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He did well and the visit was over in a flash. He complained on the way home and shed a few tears for me which completely broke my heart. He just kept sobbing and saying "but I don't like my silver tooth...it HURTS!" We came home and he had a dose of bubblegum flavored motrin and a bowl of oatmeal and the world was right, once again.

He hasn't mentioned the "silver tooth" in a while, so I think he's getting used to it already.

In other "toothy" news...My princess, who has been teething for a good two to three months has FINALLY started to show some teeth. She has two coming through on the top and they seem to be her first molars.

And on a completely random note: on the way out of the dentist on Thursday, we met a very sweet girl named Cassidy in the waiting room who just happened to have Down syndrome. She was as sweet as pie, and of course, made my day!

Hope everyone is having a fantastic Thursday!

08/31/09

3:43 PM Posted In birthday , cameron , dentist , gabby , nguyen 6 Comments »

(the following was an attempt of a cute brother/sister kissy picture)

Just some updates from the Phamily...

The hubs said goodbye to his twenties and HELLO to his thirties on Friday. I kept giving him a hard time but he remained optimistic throughout the day. He did, however, keep reminding me that I only have a little over three years until I myself become a real grown-up. I don't even want to think about any of that!

The kids are doing fantastic. Cameron has officially started his last year of preschool and is so proud to finally be in the "big kid" class. I thought he might have a hard time at first, adjusting to new teachers and a bigger class, but it hasn't phased him in the least.

Last Wednesday we went in to get those pesky cavities filled. To say I was dreading this appointment would be an understatement. We attempted this a few weeks back and it was a miserable mess of a day. Cameron's crying was enough to scare the technicians into having us reschedule for an earlier appointment. I wasn't convinced that would change his attitude about things, but alas, they know what they're doing over there at the pediatric dental office and my boy was nothing but calm, cool, and collected in the waiting room.

He got one of the three cavities filled but the dentist was so impressed with Cam's good behavior that he said we'd be able to finish up those last two fillings in one visit. So next week we'll go back and say goodbye to the last of those nasty sugar bugs!

Gabby is doing amazing. She is crawling EVERYWHERE.

That whole "losing milestones" business was just not true for her. She is excelling in everything and I cannot wait to see what she does when she is fully healed and we can begin working with her more on standing/walking. She is so eager.

Her bandages fell off sometime last week and her scar looks wonderful. She does have a bulge in her chest now where the breast bone was broken (there is a fancy term for this...forgive me for not remembering what that term is.) Her doctor says this "bump" is completely normal and in a couple of years we can "discuss" options for plastic surgery. Eh...I'm thinking not. I could care less about a little bumpity bump.

We have started back up with physical therapy even though we can't do certain things with Gab's that we were previously able to do (like picking her up under her arms) but we'll be able to start doing all of that again in just a couple of weeks. She is *thisclose* to being able to pull up to a stand all on her own so that's what we're working on. That and cruising along the couch and table. She loves it and I am sure this will be something she will master quite quickly.

The sleeping issues have pretty much resolved, thank goodness! She now wakes up about once per night and it's usually before I am in dreamland so it's not so bad. She's easy to get back down, so I'm not complaining. Just two weeks ago I didn't think I would ever get my good sleeper back. I'm so glad that wasn't the case.

I think that's about all of the updates I have for now. I think we'll be receiving that very special T21 Traveling Afghan tomorrow so be on the lookout for a post about that in the very near future!

lookie what Cam did today!!

5:00 PM Posted In cameron , dentist 12 Comments »

He had his very first trip to the dentist!

(I know I should have had him in like two years ago...sue me)

He was a bit apprehensive this morning as we were getting dressed and preparing for the appointment. He kept saying, "But I'm scared." I just kept reassuring him. We brought along his new "Spongebob Goes to the Dentist" book to ease his mind on the car ride there.

Once we got called back, the technician took xrays of his teeth and told me she would only do the "easy" ones for this visit (meaning, no xrays of the teeth in the back) and so she did, and they were done with that in less than a minute. Cameron seemed to be doing great.

Just after the xrays, he hopped onto the "magic chair" and "took a ride." You can tell he is a bit nervous at this point. Sweet guy.

The tech was really really good about not scaring him. She gave him some cool shades to wear since she was shining that big bright light and also gave him some headphones so he could watch Ice Age which was playing on the TV in the ceiling (shoulda got a picture of that...it was cool!)

She cleaned and scraped and Cameron did awesome. Never even flinched.