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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