our little guy loves playing in the spice drawer while mommy is busy, and he spilled lavender everywhere this weekend. oh well. now it smells pretty whenever i vacuum.
i took him to a pediatric dentist this morning, because he's been particularly obstinate when we've tried to brush his teeth. we don't have dental insurance for him at the moment because our dentist said visits weren't necessary until kids are 3 or so, but we'll add him as soon as we can. we went to dr. stafford at world of smiles dentistry. the practice was very kid friendly, and there was no scary chair in the room we were sent - just one of those large puffy cushion things. z struck his bachelor pose & hammed it up for the camera, actually smiling when the assistant took his picture & said "smile"! he was so cute! not so much when the dentist came in & demonstrated how j & i need to brush his teeth. z hated it & cried the whole time & didn't settle down until we were back in the waiting room. the dentist was able to see that his first (of the second set of molars) molar is coming through on the left side. all his other teeth came in clusters, so i'm assuming the last 3 will follow quickly. perhaps that's why this cold seems to be dragging on - i think teething can sometimes cause runny noses. he's on iron drops at the moment, which are staining his teeth pretty badly, so whenever he's ready for it, he'll need a deep cleaning to remove it. she spread some sort of fluoride treatment on his teeth. z got some free stuff with his visit - a globe beach ball, a little ducky for bath time, a tooth brush, and a fancy spinning tooth brush (because we had a coupon). we have another visit scheduled 6 months from now, so perhaps then we can start trying some flossing. i figure it'll take him a month to stop crying from the brushing - yay! not fun to go through, but better now than when he's older.
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