THE DENTIST

Jake had his FIRST trip to the Dentist this week. Going to the dentist for the first time (or any time, for that matter) is one of those moments as a parent where you really don't know how it's going to go. I mean, sure.... we've talked to Jake about the dentist and how they will count his teeth and he will sit in the chair and they will shine a light, etc., but he's 3, so even with some preparation, you never quite know how it will turn out. Thankfully, it was a huge success, and because of the success factor, I was THAT Mom who took like 25 pictures - ha! Sounds funny after the fact, but while we were there, I was just so happy that not only was he doing such a good job, but he LOVED it, too!

Here we are waiting to be called back....

Sitting right up in the chair....
Laid back and everything!
Opening WIDE!

The hygienist was explaining that she calls that thing "Mr. Thirsty". Jake was very interested....




LOOK - he's loving it!! :-)
So BIG. I realized at this appointment how OLD AND BIG Jake really is getting....
They normally don't do the fluoride for 3-year olds, b/c most do not like it, but since Jake had done pretty well, the hygienist thought he would be fine .... Jake thought it was cool that he looked like a football player :-)


He made it the WHOLE minute!!!!!!

Waiting for the Dentist....
Opening big and good for Dr. Smith, too!



And what dentist appointment would be complete without a little video ;-)

Jake got a good report, and they told us that the MAIN thing we really needed to work on was ditching the pacifier. Both the hygienist and dentist could tell right away that he used a pacifier. Apparently, it is already changing his bite, so they said he needed to give it up asap. Currently, we are on our 2nd day or "Operation ditch the Pacifier" .... more on that in another post on another day....