Dentist...

Today was Paige's first trip to the dentist. Although I had to force her into her jacket and into the car, she was fine when we got there. I don't think it was neccessarily the dentist that made her uncooperative, but rather the early morning out the door, which she doesn't handle very well.

Anyway, I set her up in a chair with some books and the movie Shrek on the tv while I sat in the dentist chair to have my teeth cleaned. She was a bit scared and said "mommy!". The dental hygenist suggested that she could sit in my lap. Since I am pregnant she didn't recline the chair anyway, and it was easy for Paige to sit with me. She watched the movie and would occasionally turn around to see what was going on. After I was all finished, it was Paige's turn. The hygenist asked her to open her mouth and she counted her teeth. She showed her a "barbie mirror", Mr. thirsty, Mr. water, and the tickle toothbrush (just the regular tools!). She polished her teeth with the tickle toothbrush (the polishing thing)and some pink "princess toothpaste" (again regular stuff), and squirted water in her mouth and suctioned it. Paige actually seemed to enjoy it, and the hygenist made it fun for her. She opened her mouth again for the dentist to take a look with the mirror. She got a toothbrush after the teeth cleaning. The hygenist told her that Dr. Pong would give her a prize from the toy chest. This was forgotten, and good thing she doesn't remember!

She didn't want to go there, but didn't want to leave either. They have a room full of books and toys which caught her attention on the way out. Mike is getting 2 wisdom teeth out on Friday, and we have to drive him anyway, so I told her we would drop Daddy off in a couple of days and she could play with the toys then.

I had hoped to take a picture, but with her sitting on my lap, it didn't work, and I didn't dare make her sit on her own just to get a picture.