Dentist

This week the kids including the big one (hubby) had visits to the dentist.  The children go to a pediatric dentist that they like very much.  JD is too big to play in the play house in the waiting room but Amanda can still play.  Long ago I realized that of all the kids who are ever in the waiting room, my children tend to be the loudest.  Or to clarify Amanda is the loudest and she tends to draw other kids into whatever she is pretending.  She loves playing the the play house though this is probably the last year for her to do so.  A fairly quiet waiting room can get noisy when my daughter is around.  I may be a bad mom but it doesn't bother me.  No one has ever said anything to me about the noise that she makes and I have known for sometime she the noisiest one there and I use to think it was just her personality and I admired her joy for life.  I realize it is also her way of dealing with the tension of going to see the dentist.  While their dentist is great with kids and set up to help make the stay very pleasant I know Amanda is nervous and I suspect JD is also nervous about their visits.  Amanda has had a difficult time finding toothpaste that she can stand the taste of.  She also has a lot of oral aversions and hates the X-rays.  So if she is a little loud while playing I don't mind.  JD just kind of goes with the flow.  He never complains.  I wish I could get him to open up more.
  Well Amanda made out great.  According to the dentist plague just slides off her teeth.  JD is not so lucky he didn't have any cavities but the dentist is worried about it because plague seems to stick to his teeth.  So he suggested an electric toothbrush.  We bought him a really cool one that lights up for 2 minutes so he can make sure he brushes long enough. Of course we had to buy Amanda an electric toothbrush too but she wanted an Arial one.
   Over all I was so proud of them they did very well and the new toothbrushes have helped encourage the kids to brush.
     As a footnote.. Daddy had to get a huge filling barely escaping a root canal.  I hope the kids do a better job taking care of their teeth.