I took Maxwell to his first dentist appointment last week.  I really had no idea how it was going to go, especially considering he doesn’t even really like for us to brush his teeth!  In preparation, I bought a Dora book about visiting the dentist as well as this cute book about animals brushing their teeth.  We read both of them a LOT in the two weeks before our visit and I do think they helped, especially the Dora one.

Maxwell was a kind of cranky and needy that morning and our appointment was at 8:00am so I was a little nervous to say the least.  But, he did GREAT!  He had fun playing in the waiting room for a few minutes…

and sitting in the green car to watch Toy Story.

When it was our turn to go back, the first thing they do for new patients is let them put their handprint on a ceiling tile.  Almost the entire ceiling is covered in colorful handprints.  So fun and Maxwell loved it!  He then chose the red chair (which were more like benches) to sit in.  He wasn’t quite ready to do that by himself so I climbed up and held him on my lap.  The hygienist could not have been sweeter and was clearly used to working with little dudes like Maxwell.  She let him touch everything and explore it all before going anywhere near his mouth.  When it was time to clean his teeth, I was so surprised at how cooperative he was!  Go Maxwell!

Here you can see a bunch of the handprints…Maxwell made an orange one!

He was such a trooper and I was so proud of him!

After his teeth were all cleaned, the dentist came over and said that everything looked great.  He said we should be using flouride toothpaste (we already were) and brushing 2x a day (we’ve only been doing it once but changing that!).  He also said we should try to start flossing…um, sure.  🙂  He did give us some of those plastic things with the floss on them that should make it easier but we’ll see.  We still haven’t tried it at home yet!  He said all of Maxwell’s teeth are coming in just as they should and that he’d see us again in 6 months!  Thanks for a good report Dr. Johnson!

After the good report, Maxwell got to pick a little toy and we came home with a green bouncy ball that he keeps trying to bite.  That can’t be good for his teeth!  Ironic, huh?!

Yay for good dentist reports!

and p.s. – on a totally unrelated note, here’s a short video for you.  Maxwell was playing with this app on my ipad and the lady says, “oh no piggy!” and Maxwell kept repeating it as “oh no pee-pee!” and it’s just too cute for words.  It makes me laugh and I love hearing his sweet little toddler voice.

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I’ve probably watched it 100 times.  If you can’t see the video, click here.