Cavities!

Can it be? Can she really have cavities? Yes. We took a trip to the dentist yesterday and Katie has two "typical suburban kid, I can fix these with my eyes closed" cavities (and yes, that was how he described them to me). She doesn't really understand what that means and was practically bragging to her friends at school today. I asked her how they responded and she said "they said, cool." Obviously none of these children have had any dental work done yet.

But the amazing thing is, our fantastic dentist has some state-of-the-art laser treatment that he can use to fix these cavities, so it really sounds like it's not that big of a deal anymore. He said basically all she will notice is him squirting water in her mouth. No shots, no drilling, no numb cheeks. And he can fix both of them at the same appt even though they are on different sides. Didn't we use to have to go for two appointments since they wouldn't numb your whole mouth? Well I say "we" assuming that everyone reading this has had cavities, but I know that's not true. I was a fortunate child in that I got to experience the filling process in ten of my teeth. Yes, you read that correctly.

But Katie's real fixation with her teeth is that she is convinced every day that one of her teeth has started to wiggle. I think she is using the power of positive thinking to will her baby teeth to fall out. Poor thing is either the youngest in her class or close to it at having just turned 5 in July and has several 7 year olds in her class who have already lost several teeth. So I told her that the best option for trying to loosen her teeth is to eat an apple every day. Apparently she listened because just now as I was giving her a slice of watermelon she said, "My favorite fruit is watermelon. And apples because they make my tooth loose! One time it did, it really did!"