Gray, the "medium" kid, most definitely takes after his mommy. My husband often says it's downright scary how much alike we are. And though there may be one or two positive things he inherited, I'm afraid for the most part I've simply handicapped the poor little guy by passing along the wrong genes.
We're both emotional (though he more than me at this point). We're both creative. We're both perfectionistic and anal retentive. And, it now appears, we both have bad teeth.
Gray had his dental check-up today...and the news was BAD! Not one cavity, not two cavities, but three cavities! And two of them are enormous. So big, in fact, that the dentist wants him to go to a pediatric dentist to have them taken care of. The poor little fellow. Just doesn't seem fair. You should see him brush his teeth...he's just as meticulous as can be!
Our dentist referred us to a pediatric dentist with the highest of recommendations. Said she's incredible with kids. They gave us a pamphlet from her office. Her philosophy sounds wonderful. Gray's appointment is set for about 2 weeks from now. I sure hope all goes well. I'd hate for him to end up with my overwhelming fear of dental appointments...right now he still loves to go.
My check-up is tomorrow. Sure hope I fare better.
Quote of the day:
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." --Mark Twain
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Sometimes it might be important to me, I suppose...but even that's not guaranteed.
About Me
looking for something?
Blame Game 4 (ending 1/31/10)
- Amanda - I
- Chris - I
- Megan - I
- NPR - I
Past Winners
- Game 3 - Nymeth
- Game 2 - Nymeth
- Game 1 - Nymeth
Currently reading...or trying to...
- The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt
- The Best of Roald Dahl
- Subject to Debate by Katha Pollitt
Twitter Updates
The Ones I Couldn't Resist (with books listed as read)
- Nymeth's Unofficial (so far) Carnegie Medal Project (perpetual)
- ---The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
- The Printz Project (perpetual)
- ---American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- ---The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
- ---Looking for Alaska by John Green
- ---Nation by Terry Pratchett
- The Challenge That Dare Not Speak Its Name 2010
- Women Unbound
- Terry Pratchett Challenge 2010
- Stephen King/Richard Bachman Read/Reread/Watch (perpetual)
- Personal Reading Around the World (Fiction and/or Non-Fiction) Book Goal (read 18 books)
- Personal Science Book Goal 2010 (read 6 books)
- Personal Fairy Tale/Folktale Goal (1 per week)
- Personal Short Story Goal 2010 (1 per week)
- Personal Essay Goal 2010 (1 per week)
2 comments:
Sorry about the dental woes!!! I certainly know that pain! Timmy is remarkably like me as well. I think he has 99% of my genes. I hope he has his dad's teeth. So far no cavities. I have a mouth full...and 8 crowns with about 8 more to go (along with two more root canals!).
I hope the pediatric dentist turns out to be a good experience.
take care,
Dawn
Aw, poor little guy. Dental problems are so not fun. Hope catching things early will insure him a healthy dental future. My boy has his dad's teeth, thank goodness. The genes on my side bite (pardon the pun!) - both my parents and all my siblings had/have dentures. I still have my own with the help of crowns and implants.
Good luck!
Post a Comment