Silver Tooth (fairy)? - Sep 2013

Jarrett had never been to the dentist before Sep 2013. As in never, not even to step into a clinic to wait for either of us. So naturally, when he complained of a toothache, we didn't know how to talk him into seeing a dentist. I always have a nervous breakdown when I see my dentist! How to tell my kid it's going to be fun??

So anyway, brought the little chap to the first dentist we found - Q&M (or is it Q&A?). We always or at least I did, thought that when a child has a toothache, you either get a filling or you extract it. Right? I mean that was how it worked when I was a kid. BUT no............the dentist took one look and said "He needs a root canal and I am going to send him to a specialist" (the first thing I saw in my mind was $. lol)

??!!???

We were then asked about J's dental habits. He does everything (mostly) right. He brushes his teeth, morning and night, clean diet, not much sugar/candy/lollies or junk food. Of cos he gets ice cream treats once in a while, but they are treats, not a everyday thing. More like a few times each year. Everyone knows he coughs frequently, so we hardly give him ice cream. Poor kid right. I know..=( So no one knew (dentists too) what went wrong.

Well, root canal, for J. I broke out in cold sweat. The last time we brought him for a vaccination jab, it took more than 20 mins and 4 adults to do it. 3 to hold him down, and the doc to do the jab. J was hysterical! Screaming, shouting and crying..so HOW WERE WE GOING TO GET HIM TO DO A ROOT CANAL? I had a gf who opted to extract a tooth instead of getting the procedure because of the fear of pain.

So we went, early Sunday morning. Me stressing out and worrying like a mother hen, WX getting ready to flex some muscles....and these was what happened:

all decked out in cool gear

 getting poked and jabs!

 see how fancy the clinic is decked out. I remember my trips were all to cold clinical rooms with gigantic drills! 

please ignore hello kitty. they ran out of superman. hahaha

ALL DONE WITHOUT ANY FUSS NOR TEARS! Sorry there was some tears, but they were all mine.
I AM SO PROUD OF MY BABY!!!

So he's really loving his cool silver tooth and showing it to everyone and anyone who cares to see.