Slow Going

Mia lost her two front teeth either Christmas of first grade or Christmas of Kindergarten. I can't remember which, but either way, they are still not in. At the dentist yesterday (new dentist by the way, that I already LOVE) they took x-rays and said they are definitely up there. Apparently, she doesn't even have her 6 year molars yet, so the doc said due to the trauma to her teeth when she was almost 2 she probably just lost them early and that we should expect those teeth to come in sometime in the next 6 months to a year. So, on the down side the poor little girl will have to be without her two front teeth for quite a while longer. On the upside however, the dentist told us what we've heard over and over which is that the later you get your teeth, the stronger they tend to be. And Mia's teeth so far have been just that. Nothing but great reports from the dentist. The hygienist was about to do the fluoride treatment when I stopped her. She was really nice about it and moved right on with the rest of the protocol. A few minutes later as she was remarking about how clean Mia's teeth were she said something like, "I bet your Mommy doesn't let you have a lot of sugar and candy and that's why your teeth are so healthy! It's usually the moms who are careful with what their kids eat that don't want the fluoride." I was glad that Mia could hear another good reason to avoid excess sugar from someone other than me. Lennon was very intrigued by the whole visit and is begging for his own trip to the dentist. I'm going to make him an appointment for December when we take Mia back in.