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Good! We've gone twice. The first time was at 16 mo because he was vomiting so much (undiagnosed dairy allergy) that the ped wanted to get his enamel checked. The dentist was super late to the appointment because he was in surgery, and the hygienist just let him move the chair up an down for like 45 minutes. He loved it.

Then we just went last week. It's a pediatric dentist, and the whole place is jungle themed. He got scared of the pick, so the dentist just switched back to the toothbrush. He also checked lo2's mouth and confirmed he doesn't have any teeth even close to coming in! He's almost a year! He said if he has none by Christmas to call him.

@mediagirl: oops I meant to say LO2. Lo1 has all his teeth!

DD just went. She will be 3 the end of June. Surprisingly she did fabulous! Sat in the chair by herself and was happy to get them cleaned, counted and the fluoride brushed on. It is a pedi dentist and jungle themed plus she got to wear sunglasses. Also it is a women's only office which helped as DD prefers women over men.

@cheesetomywhine: D told me that MIL always took them to female dentists (and doctors) whenever possible because she wanted her sons to see that women can do all sorts of professional jobs! And they tend to have smaller hands

E haven't taken E yet, but plan to soon, and this thread is making me feel better about it!

@lovehoneybee: Interesting! Their pediatrician is also a woman. Never thought of that reasoning but it makes sense

I took my daughter to my appointment a few weeks ago. We prepped by reading library books about the dentist and it made her very excited to go. I was amazed that she let the dentist look in her mouth and even polish her teeth! She held the dentist's mirror the whole time and didn't want to give it up.