Good Bye Pass!

Last week when I took Madie to the Dentist he asked if she used a pacifier. Madie fondly calls it "pass". I told him that she did, but only when she was sleeping and the only place she could have it was in her bed. Since she was a premmie, I was told to let her sleep with her Pass to reduce the risk of SIDS. Well, that scared me to death so of course at night when she was sleeping or napping during the day, I wanted her to have it.

While at the dentist, he gently tilted Madie's head back and showed me how her teeth were beginning to curve in the shape of her pass. You can't see it straight on...only if you lean her head
back and look from underneath. I was devastated! I didn't want to think that I was the cause of it because she hadn't given up her pass yet.

(I tried breaking her of it several months back, but I caved in and gave it back to her)

So the day after, before she took her nap, I cut a whole in the end of pass. When she got it to take a nap she looked at it and said, "look mommy, pass got a whole in it." Then she preceded to tell me that it was broke but would not part with it for her nap.

When she got up, she told me again that it was broke and wanted me to fix it. I explained that I couldn't and that I was very sorry. She kept telling me that it was broke and then she wanted to throw it away. So she did....she threw it away...I could hardly believe my eyes.

We are going on 3 days now without pass. She is doing so good and I am so proud of her. It makes me a little sad to know that she has out grown it....but I'm glad she'll have straight teeth.

Good Bye Pass! It was nice to know you.

Mommy, I Like-a The Dentist

Today was a day to be remembered! Today was Madie's first visit to the Dentist. She was actually not supposed to go until next week, but they called and had a cancellation for today and wanted to know if we wanted it. I said yes before I realized that I had not started prepping her with the basics like : what is a dentist? What they would do? How they would count her teeth and the most important part, that she would probably get a prize for being a good girl. So, I had to act fast. I had less than 24 hours.

When Madie got up this morning I asked her if she remembered where we were going today. She said "dentist." (She is so smart) So, we get to the dentist office and we are about to walk in and she says, "Mommy, no dentist." I told her that we just needed to go in and let then look at her teeth, we would get her "prize" and go home.

So, in we went. I think I was more nervous that she was. I had no idea how she would react.

She was an absolute ANGEL! She didn't cry one time and opened her mouth for her cleaning like she had done it a hundred times before. She watched cartoons on the ceiling while her teeth were being cleaned and only seemed nervous when a boy next to her began to cry like a little girl. I was worried she would start in too, but she didn't. She talked to the hygienist and to the dentist too like she knew them.

I was so proud of her. After getting 3 stickers, 2 toy frogs, a t-shirt, toothbrush, pencil, and a floss tool for being such a good girl, we were headed to the car. Madie was holding my hand as we crossed the parking lot when she looked up at me and said, "Mommy, I like-a the dentist."
I just smiled and told her that I liked the dentist too.

Mark this down as another moment that I want to make sure that I remember.