Something you dread as a parent, but you know that it's inevitable. You just hope they won't figure it out until MUCH later. Or ever.
My beautiful daughter, at 8 years old, has figured out that we, her parents, have no actual control over her.
(Please give me a minute here. I hear shrieking in my head. Wait. That's me!)
We took the kids to the dentist. The Boy (6 yrs. old) and The Monkey (3 yrs. old) were wonderful. Didn't want to participate, but they did it anyway.
Then The Girl got into the dentist chair. She wouldn't let him check her teeth. Finally, we tickled her mouth open a bit and lo-and-behold - a cavity! Then, she wouldn't let him polish her teeth. I had to take her to a different room and have a talk with her. "He will be gentle, but you have to let the dentist clean your teeth so they don't all rot and give you stinky breath and fall out until you look like an old hag out of some Brothers Grimm story." Phew. It worked. She got back in the chair and whined through the cleaning.
By the way, did I mention that the dentist is our uncle. Just sayin. Must have felt good to be him today.
Where did the world come crashing down for me? When he tried to put fluoride on her teeth. Just to be clear, this is the easiest part of the checkup. He uses his finger and just rubs the fluoride onto the teeth, leaves it there for 1 minute, then rinses it off. She wouldn't do it. She screamed, cried, escaped!!! She got off the chair and left the room and would not come back!
Did I mention that the dentist is our uncle. Just checking.
What do we do now? Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Please leave your comments to help us deal with this.
We go back to the dentist on Tuesday for the filling. What are the chances...
I have the issue of getting their teesth brushed twice daily!! I use the dentist as a tool to get them to do the nasty. They have had the misfortune of having had cavites removed and tehn filled. They have cried and screamed and even threw up on their dentist. I usually telll them if they do not brush well they will have to endure fillings mote frequently. When that does not work, i threaten to use the $$ they have in the bank towards paying for the fillings.
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