Thursday, January 15, 2009

Today was Joshua's bi-annual visit to the pediatric dentist. We love our dentist, Dr. Cottrell. He has a really cool office with video games at each station, and TV's everywhere. His staff is really nice, and he is very good with kids. As expected, Joshua was very stubborn during his visit. He refused to open his mouth for the dental assistant when he learned there was "yucky" stuff going in. Dr. Cottrell was quick to calm his nerves and convinced Joshua to let him just look at his teeth this time around, so long as he promised to allow his staff to take X-Ray's and clean his teeth the next time we come in. Joshua received a token and redeemed it for a orange bouncy ball. Someday Joshua will look back and laugh at how he acted at the dentist, until then, we will try to make it a fun experience each time we go.

3 comments:

Vickie said...

I'm sure Joshua will soon realize that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" and it will be much more pleasant to visit the dentist for routine check-ups, rather than when there is a problem.

Pamela said...

At least you were able to get him in the office.

uncle joseph said...

joshua will get use to it!