Avery had her first dental check up today! 18 months seems early, but she has had a mouth full of chompers for awhile now. Josh and I are also cavity prone, so I wanted to get her in and used to the dentist at a young age. Here she is ready to go for her check-up.
We went to Dr. Brasuell, he is a pediatric dentist, and I had read really good things about him and the office. She made friends with a little girl in the waiting room right off the bat. When we got into the exam area she laid back on the chair and let the hygienist brush MOST of her teeth. Then I kept her busy before the dentist got there looking at the animal murals on the walls, and playing with the Elmo stickers that the hygienist gave her. When Dr. Brasuell came to examine her she laid back down on the chair and let him look at all of her teeth, he checked out the alignment of her bite and brushed on a fluoride treatment. Avery did great! She did not fuss of squirm or anything. We are so proud of her! We will continue to brush regularly ,and he said he was fine with the pacifier till about 3 years old, but I would definitely like to have her off of it before then! All in all Avery's first dentist visit went great!
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She is getting so big! Sounds like she has a great little personality. I love the little pony!
We took Joe's pacifier away when he was around 19 months old. It was right when he was starting to really talk and communicate with us. I didn't want him to talk around the pacifier. One day I just threw them all away. We quit cold turkey. The first night it took him a little longer to fall asleep, but that was it. The next day we were back to our normal routine. He never even asked for it. I couldn't believe how easy it was for Joe.
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