Tooth Update
For those of you who were wondering (and I’m sure all of you were 
) we finally took D to the dentist. We actually ended up seeing two dentists. The first wanted to pull out the baby tooth with anesthesia because D has INCREDIBLE doctor/dentist anxiety. And the form of sedation they wanted to use? Yes, an IV. You think she has anxiety letting you look in her mouth? Try sticking a needle in her arm and leaving it there. Yeah, not a good idea. Hence, our visit to the second dentist.
The second dentist was WONDERFUL! She told us that we should wait a couple of months to see if her bottom teeth (by this time, she actually had a second tooth coming in right next to the first which will require pulling two bottom teeth) would work their way out on their own. If not, we’ll be back in December for an evaluation and an appointment for extraction.
So … last week, D came up to me and said, “Mom, I think I have some popcorn behind my tooth.” And my thoughts were, “Oh, no. Here we go again.” Yes, she now has three teeth pushing through the gums behind three FIRMLY rooted baby teeth. Two on the bottom and one on the top. Now, I’m just waiting for the second top one to come in. Who knows? Maybe at Christmas we’ll be singing, “All I want for Christmas is my four front teeth ….”
