May 3, 2010

We have tried to take Bryle to the dentist twice already. Both times she sceamed and cried and wouldn't let them touch her. (Even Brancyn sat in the chair last time to show her how easy it is.) Anyone who knows Brylee, knows this is not her norm. She is usually a go getter and won't let anything slow her down. This is the kids that was riding a big girl bike with training wheels before she was three and could pump herself on a swing at two-she just wants to be one of the big kids soooo bad. So this has been a new thing for us to see her afraid of something. Well it came time for the 6 month cleanings again and we had to try her again. When I first told her about it, I could immediately see the anxiety creeping into her face, so we headed for the computer and found some encouraging videos of little kids getting their teeth cleaned on youtube. This seemed to settle her and so I didn't say anything for the next few days. The day of the cleaning, I told her what we were going to do that day and she started freakig out again-so back to the computer again. I settled her enough to get her there without tears . . . .

but just barely. You can see she is not really excited about going in. (We were taking pics to make it seem exciting-I told her I would put it in our photo book for this year so she could remember how brave she was and how cool it was.)

Ohoh, here come the tears. She just couldn't take the stress. I offered to sit in the seat with her though and that was just enough this time. She let them count, brush and floss her teeth (just with a regular tooth brush, so she wouldn't freak out again). But at least she did it. Major improvement over the last times when she wouldn't even open her mouth (even though i was holding her then too).

And look how happy she ws after she got her own bag complete with new toothbrush, floss, and a prize fro doing so well!!! Now hopefully next time we won't have so much drama!