Alyssa the Chipmunk!!!

As some of you know I have hated the dentist forever cause I was traumatized as a kid! Wish they had the technology they do now and I could have been put out and not remembered anything. I remember my mom dropped me off at the dentist when I was about 9 and I was so scared I was running around the dental office while they were chasing me trying to get me to sit down. They finally had to call my mom and have her come back and make her sit with me. And still now as an adult I have still had horrible experiences at the dentist. I had to have a wisdom tooth pulled when Hayden was a newborn and the dentist could not get it out. He ended up cracking the tooth next to it in the process and plus I got dry socket afterwords. Two years later another dentist ended up pulling the other tooth that got cracked cause it had caused me so much PAIN! So needless to say I HATE the dentist!

So it has always been hard for me to keep up on taking my kids to the dentist cause I know how bad I hate going. I know I am a bad mom when it comes to that, but I would rather give birth than go. Plus it has not helped that for the 4 years before I married Brandon we did not have dental insurance. So now that we do I fianlly took my kids in. Lilly had one small cavity and Hayden had none. But Alyssa on the other hand had 9 cavities to be filled and 2 pulpotimys(root canal on a baby tooth). I was always worried about her cause she hates brushing her teeth let alone flossing them. I felt so bad for her. It made me feel even worse of a mom finding that out. My kids health is one of my top priorities and I knew the only way to make it better and to feel better about the situation was to get it taken care of immedaitely no matter the cost. I was just hoping she had not been in pain cause of it. She had never complained, but you never know. I took her to a pediatric dentist and he did an awesome job. They put her out so she remebered nothing about her visit just that she got to watch Finding Nemo on the ceiling. They actually ended up pulling one tooth that needed a pulpotimy cause they did not think it was worth saving. Thank goodness its just a baby tooth and it will grow back when she is about 11. She has to have a permanent retainer put in though to keep her teeth spaced right until that tooth grows in. SO needless to say I will now make the dentist a HUGE priority in my kids life! Not sure about mine quite yet. Don't get me wrong I do love to brush my teeth and have them clean, but just don't like the dentist.

Alyssa did AWESOME and now makes it a huge priority to brush her teeth and floss them every morning and night. So here is a picture of her that night a couple of hours after. Poor girl.....

I'm sorry Lyssy for putting it off so long. I promise to be better! I love you and am so proud of you! Guess I learned my lesson...