Orrin Meets the Dentist

I decided to take Orrin into the dentist for a few different reasons. First I wanted to make sure he understood why we needed to have some strange man look at his teeth and he had some yellowing behind his front bottom teeth. Many of you may know my sister-in-law, Crystal, is a dental hygienist and a darn good one at that, but I wasn't quite sure how Orrin was going to be on his first visit and didn't want him to associate that pure fear with his aunt. So off to Children's Dentistry we went knowing they dealt with small children all day long I wasn't to worried that my child would be the only screaming one in the whole office! I dropped Leila off with my mom and decided to make this a fun day so maybe, just maybe I could get him to go again. He was so excited when we walked through the doors and there were TVs with movies playing, a pac-man table, and a little room filled with toys quickly making himself at home. His name was called and we headed on back so the dentist to count his teeth (I kept telling him you have to let the dentist count your teeth, he would say alright!) At first he was so excited to sit in the big boy chair and climbed right up, but as soon as the dentist came in he wasn't having it. I brought the camera hoping I could get more shots and boy was I wrong. Dr. Young was able to look at his teeth real quick, brush fluoride all over Orrin's teeth as well as his face, and enjoy A LOT of screaming. He let me know his teeth looked just great, but he may show a little crowding once his two year old molars finally come in. I am glad to report even though Orrin was screaming the entire time, there was a little girl (about five years old,) next to us who kept yelling, "I HATE YOU," so at least he wasn't the only kid and at least I didn't walk out of there knowing my son was yelling hatred to the dentist. We shall hope his next visit at around 3-3.5 years won't be so terrifying for the little man. I then decided to take him to enjoy one of Jamba Juice's new veggie/fruit smoothies and a trip to Barnes and Noble to pick out a book. We spent over 45 minutes in Barnes and Noble just picking out and flipping trough different books, he LOVE it.