So, this story stems from a few months back....or several months....
Brynn likes milk and only milk and loves to go to bed with a sippy of milk. i know, i know... DUMB MOM.
late last year i actually LOOKED into Brynn's mouth and SAW cavities... holes. holes. in her teeth.
i got us all cleaning appts and knew that Brynn would not have any of it but had to try, she had to be fixed.
um, no, B would NOT let them even pretend, with the mirror or anything.
so we decided to try a specialist dentist. Little B does have some sensory issues and thought it might be good if a specialist worked with her anyway to calm her down. Sis-in-law Sara referred us to a Provo Pediatric Dentist who had worked with Emma. So I checked out the website and got all that info, which of course sounded all perfect.
I FINALLY called and got Brynn in. I set it up for a Monday morning, before she got too cranky and too set in her way for the day. I didn't tell her where we were going, just that we were out running errands, which is normally a task on it's own and she cries over that anyway, but i had to try and see how it went.
we pull into the office parking lot, which didn't even look like a dentists office, and she like sensed it and said "I NOT NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR?"... she just KNOWS things.... creepy.
i reminded her that we had promised that she would get a Woody Doll if she let the dentist fix her teeth and that was what got her in. I had promised this way back when she met with our regular dentist and she kept thinking that it'd happen but we never took her back to him so now was our chance. bribery, i know, sometimes you just gotta do it.
we walked in and saw the fun playhouse and the fish tank. she was already ready for the fun. Tangled was on and she was immediately mesmerized. i checked her in and they called us back shortly......
mom begins to panic.
we go in, and they have these cute little chairs just for KIDS! so jealous. she plops right down in one, still nervous but she does it. i squat right down next to her (ow the knees, the things i do for my kidlets)
there is another child in there screaming his guts out (oh yeah and one girl came into the waiting room with a mouth full of bloody cotton and brynn just strared) so brynn just watched him while they tried to take her xrays. she was nervous and doing her cry/laugh thing, but SHE DID SO AWESOME. i was seriously so surprised that she actually let them do it. (she was really distracted by the screaming child she may have been mortified into paralysis by then....
so they took her xrays, no prob. we go back out into the waiting room until the dr. is ready to see her. she's doing just dandy, watching tangled, watching the fish, moving chairs around...
we go back in and it's time for the dr to actually look into her mouth. again, mom begins to panic.
she sits on my lap this time so the she can lay down in his lap for an easy look.
once again, BRYNN DID AWESOME. he looks in there, tells me she has horrible teeth (in the super nicest way possible) shows me the xrays, gets out his red pencil (red is bad) fills out the chart (RED ALL OVER) and seriously has the most pleasant conversation with me. as horrible as the outcome of all the work that needs to be done, he was so great. and he made B feel super ready and comfortable to look into his mouth, which she doesn't even let me do to brush her teeth.
so all in all..... 1 root canal, 1 crown, 1 extraction, 1 spacer (to wait for the permanent teeth) a bunch of shavings and fillings on all the rest of them. she stores food and doesn't brush well enough (because by golly it hurts her to death! i'd do the same thing!)
i'm just glad we finally get to work it all out and get her taken care of. with all the sensitivity issues i have with brynn, i honestly think this is a GINORMOUS part of it and i'm so looking forward to moving on.
so sad for my poor little baby but they'll be able to do it all in one swoop at UVRMC and we'll be good to go.
AND HERE'S ALL HER LOOT FOR BEING SUCH AN AWESOME GIRL!
woody. the only one we could find at toys-r-us... she's going to get a REAL one after her surgery.
her balloon dog. she actually asked for a brown one, like Mac (gma's dog) but lucked out with orange
a new ariel toothbrush
her floss and bubblegum paste
she's a goon, and i love her to death and am so happy we're getting her help!
she has also been SSOOOOSOSOSOOSOSOSOOSOOSOOOO good at taking her medicine.
she'll say "my teeth not hurt" and i'll say that's because you've been taking your medicine! so she'll just drink it up. sometimes i have to leave the room, no pressure, but she does it.
GOOD GIRL, BRYNN!!!
