dentist

PJ had his first dental cleaning today. It wasn't (unfortunately) his first visit to the office. Last time we went (6 months ago) he was scared and wouldn't let them do more than count his teeth, though the hygienist looked at his teeth and said that we had been doing a good job brushing.

This time I was very proactive and I took out every book about visiting the dentist from the library and read all of them to him several times over the past two weeks. We also pretended to clean his puppets teeth and brought his favorite stuffed animal with us and a DVD to watch (the office has screens on the wall.) He was on his best behavior- I am very proud of him. He was a bit shy and at first didn't want the hygienist to put the suction in his mouth, but she showed him what it did and that it didn't hurt and he warmed up to the idea. The highlight of the visit was when the dentist said his teeth look excellent. He was so excited about it and when I left him at school he was excitedly telling his teacher about it. I am curious to ask her tomorrow what he might have told her.