Tyler had his first dentist appointment last week and it was seriously the funniest thing. Nothing like I expected. Travis and I had mentioned random things about 'the dentist' to Tyler many times over the last several months and even though Tyler had no idea what the dentist was, he would get upset and wanted nothing to do with going there... EVER. I honestly didn't even think we would make the appointment, but I wanted to at least try. Boy did he have us fooled! He eagerly got ready for his appointment that morning, walked right in the office, followed the hygienist to his room, climbed up on the chair and immediately took his shoes off so that he would "be comfortable." The hygienist and I laughed and laughed about that! It was so much better in person, but it still makes me laugh thinking about it! He was so good while the hygienist cleaned his teeth and loved that water suction thing. At one point she asked him if he brushes his teeth. He said yes. She asked for how long and he said "like 20 minutes." She said that was the best answer anyone had ever given. :-) Once she was done with the cleaning, she said she was going to get the doctor and Tyler was pretty adamant about not wanting another doctor because he liked her (haha), but he was completely fine when Dr. Matt came in. As the doctor was looking at his teeth, Tyler kept interrupting him and asking him questions about his tools and when he was going to use a different one. He kept exaggerating about how he always brushes his teeth. He had Dr. Matt chuckling pretty good as well. And after it was all said and done, Tyler received a great report of no cavities. Yeah! He then asked the doctor if he could "get a lollipop now." YIKES! With shame on my face, we left the office and I had to explain to Tyler that we don't ask the (dentist) for candy. haha! Of course, I took him to get an Ice-e for doing so great. Whatever!
These aren't good quality at all- pictures of my pictures on my phone (I've never figured out how to download those things), but I had to share. This definitely is not the face of someone who is afraid of the dentist office! Who would have guessed?!?
