Brusha, Brusha

Riley had his first dentist appt on Tuesday afternoon and who knew the dentist could be so exciting!  He was so excited to go and practiced his 'ahhhs and eeee's' for days before the appt.  After finding the cutest pediatric dentist virtually right behind our house we talked to Riley about the dentist nearly every night and he couldn't wait to go.  We walked in and he took a seat in the cute little chairs made especially for little ones and patiently waited for every hygienist who appeared from behind the door to call out his name but much to his disappointment he was the last one left waiting in the waiting room.  He kept asking "Riwey turn?" and it was so cute!  He finally got called back and became instantly subdued with shy-ness as the nice "doct-her" asked him how old he was but he climbed right up into the chair and after she explained to me that 2 year olds don't get their teeth cleaned because they don't like it and get scared we look over to find him with his mouth open in the perfect "Ahhhh" shape patiently awaiting the exam to start.  So she put cool sunglasses on him to shade him from the bright lights and started polishing his teeth, flossing his teeth and then she even fluoridated (is that a word?!) his teeth.  Every hygenist and Dr had to stop and ask how old he was and comment on how good he was doing.  I of course beamed proudly and found myself watching in wonder at this little man who is my son and was just yesterday my little baby.  He made me so proud I nearly died.  The dentist eventually came in and counted his teeth (-he has them all and shouldn't be getting more teeth until his 5 year molars come) and she said his gums and teeth looked perfect and that we were doing an excellent job at brushing.  After a goody bag full of fun stuff like a new toothbrush, a Toy Story flosser, bouncy ball, toy car and more he left with a huge big boy smile on his face and he proudly waved goodbye to everyone we passed by.  Just one more first that absolutely shocks us at how fast the time has gone.  He joined the No Cavity Club and will hopefully be there for awhile!

Pretty proud of his goody bag!