Dentist Visit

Penny had her second visit to the dentist on Tuesday. Monday evening we showed her pictures from her first visit, reminding her of all the toys they have there as well as Gretchen and Sonic, the 2 office puppies. Our hope was that we could associate going to the dentist with the fun things and not the things she wasn't so happy with :).

Waiting for Reme, the hygienist:


Silly mirror faces:


Reme arrived and wanted to put vaseline on Penny's lips. Yeah, not so much. This was after she climbed up me to get away from that cotton swab:


I got her seated again and she tearfully allowed Reme to put some on her leg:


And the her lips:


Yay!


Then it was time to apply the purple solution that they use to show the tartar. This was a little easier, I mentioned "Dora's Purple Planet" and that helped ease the process a bit.

Reme showing Penny by drawing a heart on her glove:


She applied it to my nail and then Penny's (dentist and a manicure!):


On the teeth and then wiped off:




Then it was time to brush. Reme used Penny's new Jake and the Neverland Pirates toothbrush that she picked out herself. We sang our "Nina Nina Doh" song which really helped - no tears!


She even let Reme polish her teeth - her first official cleaning! She chose the chocolate flavor. Yum :).


Then Dr. Yu came in and showed Penny her tools:


She counted Penny's teeth - a full mouth of 20!


She also got her first fluoride treatment:


All in all Miss Penelope did extremely well. After the few initial tears, she was a perfect patient. Even waving and saying hi to Reme as she worked on her. Our good girl, so sweet!

We found out that no more bottle and pacifier have made a difference with her bite and that we (really Gabe) are brushing her teeth quite well. We can also start using a teeny (rice-sized) bit of fluoride toothpaste. I'll look into getting chocolate-flavored :).