Andy's 1st Dentist Appt - OMG!

Andy had his very first dentist visit today. I purposely put it off until he was a little after three because, well, Andy is our strong willed child and we need to have buy in before we can really proceed with anything new. We talked about it and we walked through some of the motions, but nothing apparently could prepare him for the real life event. We took him to a Pediatric dentist for the fact they are use to dealing with some children who do not always cooperate and I really didn't know what to expect with Andy. So, like any good mother, I expect the unexpected.

He did not want to get weighed or have have his height taken... so right off the bat we did not start off well. We get through that then onto X-Rays. Yep, was not having it. Wasn't going to participate and definitely would not be bribed into it. Okay, we'll just start the cleaning. Lord have mercy, you would have thought this child was being tortured if not for the sound proof crying room we were in. Aside from the fact the chair could have been made out of snapping alligators because he refused to sit in, he totally lost all composure as soon as they started to "work the chair", yes everyone, they laid it back and raised it up. The horror!! Imagine how the rest this experience went once they actually had to start cleaning his teeth. This is the first time that an appointment was a 2 parent task. Steve had arms and head and I got the feet. We had to restrain him in order to accomplish cleaning his teeth. The only positive is that through all the screaming they were able to clean his teeth successfully.

It was truly an awful experience. Unfortunately, he had the same reaction when first started to get his hair cut. If that tells us anything, it would be that it's going to take a few more rounds at the dentist in order for Andy to fell comfortable. Andy does not new experiences nor does he like any surprises.