Dental Disaster!

Typical me! I forgot my camera! So I don't have a single picture of Gibson's first trip to the dentist. But that's not entirely a bad thing.

Jason & I have really been building up this whole 'tooth doctor' visit. For a week now, we've told Gibson how the tooth doctor was going to make sure his teeth were pretty. Gibson was so excited. He did so well in the waiting room. He was so patient and never once got in trouble. But once he walked into the examination room and was told to sit in the chair, it was all over. He wasn't going for it at all. Jason sat down with him and held him. That didn't help that much either. The dental hygienist explained her tools and what she was going to do with them. He let her look in his mouth with the mirror and wasn't a problem. But there was NO way he was letting her clean his teeth.

In Gibson's defense, I really hadn't prepared him for teeth cleaning. Mainly because I wasn't expecting it. When I called to make the appointment, I just told them that it was his first visit and we wanted to make sure he didn't have any dental problems. So they fixed me up with an appointment. I didn't even ask which of the Dr. Spencer's we were going to see because it didn't make any difference to me. I felt great with Gibson seeing either one because they are both great with kids and really great dentists. I never thought to ask what they were going to be doing because I assumed (i know what assuming gets me and yet I did it anyway) it was just going to be an examination.

So Gibson refused to get his teeth cleaned but at least he let them look at his teeth to make sure he didn't have any major dental problems. So he got a sticker and a prize and we left. We got outside and I guess Gibson was disappointed that that was all there was to the tooth doctor visit. So he threw a fit to go back in to the tooth doctor. This tantrum lasted almost 10 minutes before we took him to daycare. As soon as he was in daycare and out of Mom & Dad's sight, he was fine. AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! That is SOOOOO frustrating! I don't understand why kids always act better for other people than they do their parents. I'm quite sure I was never like that as a child.

Just when I think I've almost got this kid figured out, he pulls a stunt like this. So we're going to try the cleaning again in 6 months or so. We even went to Walmart and bought a cheap spinning Diego toothbrush so maybe that will help for the next visit. Start praying for us (and the dentists) now!

Sorry I don't have any pictures. I'll try and load some in later. I gotta go mow the yard. :)