After a year hiatus, Elizabeth returned to the world of professional dental hygiene. Because her original dentist wasn't a preferred provider, we had to switch her over to Barb's and my dentist, Nappy Lam, DDS. The man's name is Nappy Lam!! It's the best!
Elizabeth was very excited and a little scared to be going to the dentist. We actually left a St. Paddy's Day party to go to our eleven o'clock appointment, and she didn't even freak out. The sadness of leaving Lily and Jasper and the party was balanced by the awesomeness of seeing Dr. Lam.
The crazy motorized superarticulated dentist's chair gave Elizabeth a thrill equivalent, in her words, to "a ride at Oaks Park!" The hygienist, Carrie, kept Elizabeth entertained with stories of her own 18 month old finger sucker. Dr. Lam counted Elizabeth's teeth, said things looked A-OK, expressed some concern about her overbite ("We're going to need to look into early orthodontic intervention," said Dr. Lam. "Time to get a second job, or a second mortgage," is what Daddy heard.)
Elizabeth was allowed to pick a prize from the toy basket on the front counter. She bypassed the Groucho-nose/glasses and the balsa airplane and the toy wristwatch (not actually a timepiece) and picked a golden necklace.
She was even more thrilled by the grab-bag of dental equipment that Carrie gave her: an Ariel (aka The Little Mermaid) toothbrush ("for ages 5-7" -- another thrill for our four year old); a package of dental floss that is white threaded with blue; and a tube of real (as opposed to training) toothpaste branded with the insidious Spongebob Squarepants.
I was so proud and thrilled when Elizabeth skipped out of the Dr. Lam's office crowing, "I love going to the dentist!"
Yes.
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