Dentist

Liam's first visit to the dentist was pretty successful. We had a couple of close calls (biting, crying) but Liam pulled through for the ultimate reward of a toothbrush. Troy was super good. He made up for the last time when I decided the dentist was an evil place for children. This time, I wasn't even in the room most of the time because Liam and Troy went at the same time. And obviously, the 3 year old requires more attention. Although the boys were good, the dental hygienists were better. They were so good at having them hold things, being part of the process, and enjoying it. You know I'll be going back there again!

Troy LOVES sunglasses and when they pulled those out, he was pretty excited.

Liam was very apprehensive to sit down. Jane, the hygienist, got him interested in the faucet and let him get his own drink of water. That made him smile.

I brought a few bags of cereal for Katelyn to go through while we were there. By the end she got one of the other staff members to give her 3 suckers (to share... because 1 year olds share... that caused a fit on the ride home.) That smile of hers with "peas" is hard to reject.

The boys got to choose a toy from the treasure box at the end because they were good. Their toothbrushes were their favorite though. Troy doesn't want to use his because he doesn't want to get it dirty. It is shaped like a blue crayon. Liam brings his everywhere he goes. It has a bunch of dots on it, but mostly red, of course.