CAVITIES!

Today we inundated our dental office with children.  You could almost see the receptionist counting as they walked through the door....one, two, three, four, five, six, seven...  The six oldest all had appointments.  The baby got to just  play with the toys and point to all the pretty fishies.  During our drive, Jaiden gazed out of the window and remarked, "wow, there sure are a lot of people going to the dentist today aren't there?"  It is apparently her logical conclusion that all cars driving in a given direction must be headed for the identical destination.   

The verdict from the dentist? 18 cavities!!   Janika and Jase both had none --surprising for Jase since he  conveniently forgets to brush his teeth half the time (yuck!).  Jared had two, Janelle had two, Jaiden had six and Josh had 8!  I can't believe little Josh has 8 cavities!  At his last appointment just over six months ago he had none -- what happened?  Is it all of those "potty treats" we have been bribing him with or is it just weak teeth?

After this appointment I said, "no more potty treats!"  He is potty trained FINALLY (sigh of relief!) the past couple of weeks.  But as thrilled as I was, I didn't really want to make a post about it because that would be admitting that we gave up the first time we tried (which was clear last summer) and that it took him an entire year longer than our other kids to do it!   He did agree to the "no more potty treats" since I told him that he is too big for that now (and they also cause cavities).

So far Josh has been great at the dentist, but will that attitude continue after he gets a drill in his mouth?  Let's just hope the treasure box with those little rubber balls and plastic toys work their magic! He goes back in for the first round of fillings in two weeks.  Jaiden had two of hers filled today and went home and bit her numb cheek and tongue really hard leaving a huge white canker that lasted several days.  Oh the joys of the dentist...   

P.S.  When I brought Josh back in to get his cavities fixed, he did great!!  He cooperated and was just fine.  Whew!!   They did give him a little gas to relax him. The second time we went in he actually fell asleep in the dental chair!  When the dentist came back in he was trying to get Josh to open his mouth but he was out!