What a trooper!! (and swimmer!)

E had an appt to get his teeth cleaned yesterday, so I had him pick up Kelton on his way in. He's been very slow to get his permanent teeth and already has some crowding, so I wanted to get an xray to see how everything looked.

When I got to work and saw there was time in the schedule, I decided we should probably just go ahead extract the problem teeth since he was going to be in the office anyway.

I'll admit that as the time got closer for the boys to arrive, I felt a little nervous! Kelton wasn't aware that he has having teeth pulled and even though he's always been a compliant patient, I wasn't sure how he'd react.

While he was in the chair, I didn't hear a peep! I kept sneaking over to make sure things were going okay. I couldn't help it! The extraction of primary teeth (which I can even take some classes to be able to legally preform now) is such a simple standard procedure, but it sure takes on a new meaning when it's your child!


He was done before I finished E's teeth. It was so funny because he didn't even realize they'd pulled his teeth until he saw them!


I wasn't surprised to see almost the entire root remaining because they were not at all loose. I figured his mouth would be a little sore, but he hasn't complained once!



He even went to swimming lessons last night and went off the diving board without assistance. Daddy treated him to ice cream afterwards. Talk about a big day....2 teeth pulled and moving up to the next level in swimming! I'm one proud momma!