to the dentist again

Over the summer I wrote about Rachel's terrible first trip to the dentist.

Today was her 6 month check up.  I've been d-r-e-a-d-i-n-g it all month (really, for 6 months...but I've seen it looming on the calendar at the end of January for the last 24 days, and have worried and worried about it).  I really didn't want a reprise of the last visit. 

She knew it was coming up, but didn't actually know it was today until we told her last night.  I didn't want her freaking out about it for days, so I waited to tell her.  Last night she and Daddy re-read her "Going To The Dentist" book and today she and I role-played a dentist visit.  She told me she wasn't scared and was excited about it.  I was doubtful, but hopeful at the same time, that things would be better this time.

And they were!  She did GREAT!

She opened her mouth wide when needed, didn't grab the cleaning utensils from the hygenist's hands, didn't complain, cry, or in any way show that she was displeased.  She was a pro. 

During the x-ray part she did say her tummy hurt and she had to go potty, and then afterwards she said she didn't.  I'm pretty sure that was her nerves, but she stayed still and let the lady put the x-ray things in her mouth, even though she didn't like it.

I was SO proud of her.

Oh, and she made it into the "cavity free club."  She got a t-shirt and everything.

The dentist showed me on the x-ray that her two front teeth are probably going to come out any time now.  Her adult teeth are pretty close to pushing their way out.  That's going to change the look of my sweet little girl--I think kids look so grown up with the adult teeth in on top.  :(   I'm not ready for that.

What a big girl she's getting to be.


(But this comment from her yesterday reminded me that she's not SUCH a big girl yet....  She was watching a video from the library.  The library DVDs often have lots of scratches on them and get "stuck" in spots.  Some of them are so bad that you can't even finish watching them.  Her movie got stuck, so she was pressing the "skip" button on the remote to try and get past the stuck part.  It didn't work.  She said, "Mommy, why did it get more stucker when I pressed the button?"  Little things like that make me smile.  She's still a little girl, and hopefully I can keep her that way for as long as possible.)