It’s not even been a week since Seth’s first trip to the dentist and he came home this morning from a specialist with two baby root canals and crowns, as well as fillings. How do you prepare a four year old for silver teeth? Last night he told me “Mama, I don’t want silver teeth, I want gold teeth!”. He never complained about his teeth hurting him, but I have noticed that he’s had his fingers in his mouth more than usual. I feel like a bad mother. A failure. At least when it comes to Seth’s teeth. His big brother has been going to the dentist for two years and has only had one “sticky spot”! With the same routine that worked for Jerome, poor little Seth gets a mouthful of tooth decay. I should have noticed. But I didn’t. I’ve been crying about it for days and I wasn’t sure I could watch it, so I’m grateful to Peter for taking half a day off work to take him in. Seth came home very, very drowsy, but saying he had a good time! He has needed to stay on Motrin, but otherwise he’s doing great! Better than his mother, for sure.
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