Her hygienist was amazing, super sweet and talked about every aspect of the cleaning process. Even let Jade hold and use the "slushy" tool to suck out her own mouth. hee, hee. Jade had fun with that.
She was happy to have the "sunglasses" and told the lady that she had brought her own too (which she had, even though it was raining outside).
The only thing that didn't go as Jade imagined was the attempt at taking X-rays. When Jade failed to chomp down on the film correctly, on the third try, the hygienist told her she didn't have to do it. With that Jade burst into a fountain of tears. Bewildered the lady kept assuring Jade she didn't have to do the xrays, that's when I jumped in and told Jade she wasn't bad by not doing the xray properly. Jade said, through a flood of tears, "I just want to do it right the first time, and I can't!"
We tried it again, one more time, and assured Jade it wasn't a big deal and we'd do it again next visit.
here she is being shown the special tool used to make her teeth "shiny"
and away we go
Jade was pretty happy with her new tooth brush, her two "I went to the dentist" stickers and actually picked out a tiny G.I Joe doll from the treasure box as her special prize.
and away we go
Jade was pretty happy with her new tooth brush, her two "I went to the dentist" stickers and actually picked out a tiny G.I Joe doll from the treasure box as her special prize. After we left she said "that was fun Mom, let's go again tomorrow"
4 comments:
Good for Jade! My kids love the dentist too--and Kam's old enough to go back by himself! =)
How fun. :)
(I was a little perfectionist at that age, too--"I wanna do it right the first time!")
Brave little girl, your Jade is. Congratulations, Jade, for going through the entire dental checkup for the first time! How did you motivate her to go to the dentist, by the way? You know how some kids are scared whenever they hear the word "dentist", and how it's hard convincing them that it's all going to end up nicely. Can you share your tips?
So cute! " I wana do it right the first time"
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