Mom Fail

So last Thursday we had our 6 month dental appointment with Elizabeth at Children's Hospital. We go there for our dental visits because she is not the most easy patient to deal with and I figure if she has any issues in the future they can probably put her under for the procedures. So the last few times we have gone to there have been no problems, no cavities, ect. so I was not worried about this appointment. Well this time she had 3 cavities! Nothing makes you feel like a great Mom than your kid having a bunch of cavities, it is like you have a big sign hanging on you that says "hey I give my kid sugar all day and do not brush their teeth"

We do brush Elizabeth's teeth, at least as much as she will let us. She is actually pretty tolerant of it. I think the major problem is that we are still using baby toothpaste that she does not have to spit out. The baby toothpaste also does not have any fluoride in it. I am kind of at a loss as to how to teach her to use "grown up" toothpaste that you have to spit out. Her OT is currently working with her on brushing independently so maybe I will ask her. I guess it is like all of the other life skills that she is currently behind in, we just gotta roll with it until she gets to the point where she can do it.

The other issue is that to do the cavities they will have to sort of put her under, I guess they use a type of thing that puts her into what they call a twilight sleep where she will not remember any of it. The two options for this is to either give her a liquid to drink, which she will spit back out, or put the liquid up her nose, which sounds awful. So we are probably going to have to do the up the nose thing. The problem with the nose thing is after we do that Elizabeth is probably never going to go quietly into that office again. She already hates it and wants to leave right away, if we put a bunch of liquid up her nose she is going to remember that forever and freak out when we even get close to the room, not that I can blame her.

The first appointment that they had available was not until December. Fingers crossed that she does not get anymore cavities between now and then. I guess on the upside if she does at least they can take care of them while she is under.

In other news Elizabeth has also decided she likes to scream. She has always sort of screamed when she was mad or frustrated but now she is just screaming for the hell of it. I think she just likes to hear the sound of her own voice at full volume. Elizabeth is one of those kids who do not like loud noise, except apparently when she is the one making this noise, that is alright with her. Lucky me! =)