Open up and say "ahhhh"

Laney had another first today.  She visited a dentist for the first time.  I was sooo happy to find a dentist in our neighborhood that is really great, The Hills Family Dentistry.   The dentist, Derek Martin, came right out to meet her and take her back to the special elevator chair.  Together they put Lovey on the chair and let her ride up and down, and then Laney took a turn.  He uses a special camera to take pictures of patient's teeth, as well as check for cavities (aka "sugar bugs") with a special light.  They took pictures of Lovey riding the chair, and then Lovey and Laney together, and finally pictures of Laney's teeth.  She was nervous at first, and grew more comfortable, even telling him about getting a boo boo on her knee.  He counted her teeth and verified that she had no cavities (yay!)  Then a hygenist came and cleaned her teeth.  There is a tv that is set up right above the chair so that kids can watch cartoons while this is being done.  Talk about awesome!  She held her mouth open for the hygenist and let her scrape the "crunchy sugar bugs" off her teeth.  Of course her favorite part was picking a prize and getting a bag of goodies from the dentist.  I was just so impressed by the staff and what an amazing job they did helping my 3 year old feel comfortable getting her teeth taken care of.  I am actually kind of looking forward to getting my teeth cleaned there in August.  Kind of.