dentist

I call this picture The Calm Before the Storm.  See this sweet face?  Faker! :)  I snapped this picture right before she went ballistic!  Julianna had her first dentist appointment today and it was terrible.  Kelly and I had noticed a dark spot on one of her bottom teeth a while back but dismissed it as stain from our deep well water.  However, it kept getting darker so I decided to make an appointment and get it checked.

I spent several days before the appointment talking about how fun the dentist was and how big girls get a prize after their cleaning in the hopes of us having a successful first trip to the dentist.  Didn't happen!  Julianna was not having any of this dentist mess and she let everyone in the office know it!  I had to lay in the chair with her on top of me so that Crystal could clean her teeth.  She cried the whole time and I was so embarrassed.  However, when Dr. L came in to see her she cranked it up to a whole new level of screaming.  She does not like men she doesn't know and she latched on to me like a leech.  I finally got her to calm down long enough for him to check and confirm that yes it was a cavity!  I was so upset by this because Kelly and I are diligent about brushing her teeth morning and night.  We do not let her have lots of sweets and have never let her have a bottle or sippy cup of anything but water at night.  Sensing my concern, Dr. L said that it was probably a pit or weak spot on her tooth because she only had one cavity.  He said if there was a major problem she would have cavities in more than one place.  We were referred to a pediatric dentist in another town to have it filled so it looks like we have more dentist fun ahead of us, yay (sarcasm)!

On a lighter note, the patient in the room next to us was very kind and even shared a similar story of when his daughter was small.  He talked to Julianna a little about not being afraid and not crying to which Julianna replied, "I didn't cry.  I was brave."  We all had a good laugh at that.