Joshua Sees The Dentist

Joshua took his very first trip to the dentist today! He was excited to go until I made the mistake of saying doctor and that was all it took. He went from happy to freaked out! He was fine in the waiting room, but once we went back to one of the rooms he went into total meltdown mode! Poor guy, I did feel bad for him, because even though we talked about what would happen at the dentist it still didn't help once they put the film strips in his mouth and put a weird looking camera up to his cheek! The staff was very nice and sensitive to Joshua and his feelings. I personally think he stepped it up a little but I know it was still traumatizing. He made it through the x-rays and right when I had him calmed down, they had to redo one of the x-rays. Ugh! Needless to say meltdown number 2 came on fast! He refused to sit in the chair when the dentist was trying to look at his teeth, so he had to sit in my lap and lay his head in the dentist lap so she could look at his teeth(meltdown number 3)! She actually cleaned his teeth and put some kind of liquid vitamin on them. I am happy to report that in the end the dentist said he had great teeth and gums and for us to keep up the good work. He left with a balloon in one hand and a goodie bag in the other hand sans smile. Oh well, you never know what you are going to get with Joshua. I wonder what's in store for our trip to the pediatrician next week! Yikes!

All he did here was sit down!








Taking the x-rays


He would not let go of my hand!








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Still Trying

Joshua is still learning how to dress himself unassisted. Every Thursday at school is "splash day", so they change clothes when they are done. Each kid is in charge of getting themselves dressed. The past 2 Thursdays when I came to pick him up his shirt and pants were on backwards. His teacher said she didn't want to discourage him from getting dressed so she left it like that. Lol. Funny thing about this is that even though the shirt and shorts were backwards his shoes were actually on the right feet and his underwear was correct as well. Funny! He is definitely getting the hang of dressing himself, which I am thankful for, so we will take it one step at a time...we will work on wearing the clothes the correct way soon, for now this works for me! Lol

The sharks should be in front and you can see the pockets on the shorts, those should be in front.


The shoes are in the right feet though. Baby steps!


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The Fourth of July

Our 4th of July was pretty low key. We hung around the house and grilled and then later that evening we met my brother and sister n law at a local park to watch some fireworks. The park had a bunch of booths and rides for the kids as well. We left a little early because the fireworks were hurting Joshua's ears, but he did really well. Once we were in the car he was able to enjoy them a little more. It was a pretty good day!


























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