Dentist Days

Both of my big boys have visited the dentist in the last couple of week.  I took Reef on a Tuesday morning while Erin took the other boys to LBC.  I was worried since our last visit didn't go that well and he remember almost everything that happened to him while he was sedated, including the metal thing used to hold his mouth open.  No need to worry, though; he did great!  He was a little bummed that the computer game was broken but handled everything else fine, even the xrays where I had to leave him alone.  There were no cavities (yes!), his extra tooth doesn't seem to be causing any problems yet, and our "oral hygeine report card" graduated from poor to fair.  Reef got to celebrate his good appointment that afternoon with a trip to the bakery with Troy.  And a big piece of chocolate cake all to himself!
Jonas's turn at the dentist was last Wednesday.  Let's just say, it went as I thought it would.  He threw a fit when we dropped the brothers off at Erin's and continued that fit all the way to his appointment.  He warmed up to the office when he saw the fish tank and computer games, which, thankfully, were fixed from the week before.  Just as I started to relax, the hygenist came out to take his picture and things went down hill from there!  He refused the picture and the weigh in.  We did get him into the exam room where he refused to lay on the table.  After several attempts, we decided I would just hold him and the dentist would take a quick look.  There was no cleaning of any kind.  He screamed the whole time.  The good news: no obvious cavities.  The bad news: we need to say goodbye to the paci and he has a lot of calcium build up on his bottom front teeth.  We'll try again in 6 months. 
I thought he'd be calm after the appt, but he continued his fit when he learned that his trip to "his shop" would not be until AFTER his nap.  He did manage to get him in bed, and he was all smiles when we headed to the bakery for a big piece of chocolate cake!