Dentist was a success!

Yeay! We had a great morning at the dentist office this morning. Diego was soooo excited to go and kept saying "Quiero ir a la dentista ahorita...ahorita mami...vamos!" (I want to go to the dentist right now...right now mami...let's go!)

Our babysitter came at 10:00 and our appointment wasn't until 11:30 so we went out to do a couple of errands. Amazing how easy life is with one child!

When they called us back at the dentist office, Diego wanted me to carry him because he got a little nervous, but I told him that he could walk and he agreed. He jumped right into the big chair and LOVED it. He said it was like a slide with speed bumps. They had a kids channel on the TV so he was engrossed in the program and was as happy as can be. Just before the dentist came into clean his teeth and do his exam, they called me to another room to start my X-rays so I missed his whole appointment...I was so sad! But they just raved at how well he did and how cooperative and sweet he was. I was a proud mommy! After my (18!) x-rays were complete I went back to his room and he said "Mami, yo queiro regresar aqui otro dia para que me limpian los dientes cuando estan sucios." (Mami, I want to come back here another day so they clean my teeth when they're dirty). He was just glowing with excitement and I think he was also proud of himself at how well he had done.

Then we had to go back to my room for me to get my exam and cleaning done. There wasn't a very comfy chair for him to sit in and he wanted to continue watching the kids channel so they said he could sit on my lap. I pulled him onto my lap, reclined myself back in the chair and he remained sitting upright on my lap for my entire appointment. He had a snack to keep him busy (apples, peanut butter and raisins), watched the TV and was very interested in what was going on in my mouth. Several times he said "Mami, estas contenta?" (Mami, are you happy?) He was worried that it was hurting me, but I reassured him that it wasn't. It was sweet to have him right there with me and I was surprised that he sat still for almost an hour!

So that was our morning at the dentist office. We went to Costco in the afternoon and I bought him a Disney Cars sticker/coloring book as a prize for doing so well at the dentist and he went crazy over it!

Here's the big boy in the dentist chair:

With his bag of goodies - toothbrush, toothpaste and stickers!