So when Dr. Chris's office called a few weeks ago to schedule another appointment, I thought we would give it a try. I even asked the receptionist if we should bypass their office and go straight to the pediatric dentist in town. She assured me that they would give it a try and if there were any problems, they would then refer me to the pediatric dentist.
Parker and I spent the entire car ride talking about going to see Dr. Chris and about how he was going to look at his teeth. So far, so good!
When we got to the office, Parker walked in all by himself very confident and not showing any apprehension. I even let him bring his baby duck in with him thinking that maybe that would be a good distraction during the exam.
He walked back to the exam room by himself and even climbed up in the big chair all by himself. What a big boy!
Then the hygienist asked him to open his mouth really wide like an alligator. That's where the fun ended. Parker was going to have none of that!
We showed him her cool toothbrush that went around in circles and she even tried to tickle his teeth with it- no luck.
We tried to brush his baby duck's teeth and show him how fun it would be to brush his teeth too. He thought it was funny to brush his duck's teeth, but still wouldn't open his mouth for her.
After less than 5 minutes of trying to work with him, the hygienist finally said, "I think we are going to go ahead and send you to the pediatric dentist. Their office is much more equipped to handle toddlers."
Duh. I could have told you that when you called and scheduled Parker's appointment 3 weeks ago.
Oh, well. No harm done. It was a good try. We left before any major crying started and will soon be calling the pediatric dentist to make another appointment for Parker's first cleaning. Hopefully next time we will be a little more successful!
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