We took Ana and Emily to the dentist for the very first time today. There’s only one pediatric dentist within 50 miles of where we live, so it took around 2 months to even get the girls in to see him. I have to say, I wasn’t impressed. He was good with both of them, but his knowledge seemed a bit questionable. He actually asked if Emily had had surgery yet! I mean, it’s fairly obvious that her lip is not open at this point, even if you aren’t a professional pediatric dentist. I think NYU has me spoiled with the level of care we get from them.
In any case, the visit went well. Ana had one tiny cavity which she’ll get filled in JANUARY and Emily has no cavities (she only has four teeth), but she has two new teeth coming through, one on the bottom and one on the top towards the back. The dentist said Emily’s late teething has nothing to do with her cleft – another point I disagree with him on since the experts at NYU say it’s quite normal for teeth to erupt late with a cleft.
Now for the pictures – I took lots of pictures of the girls this weekend (we had a gorgeous unseasonably warm November day on Sunday).
Emily and Ana share a giggly sister moment.
Here’s Ana preventing Emily from going any closer to the street. (Emily’s just staring at her grinning)
The two of them marched around the driveway like this for 20 minutes.
Ana showed Emily how to play in the leaves and Emily had fun practicing.
How cute!!!
LOL about your dentist visit. I laugh because I can soooo picture your face as you say this. Zachary only has 3 teeth now, so I feel a bit better knowing Emily is in the same boat. See you Saturday!
Hugs,
Colleen
Huh??? The dentist asked if she’d had surgery yet?!?!?! Oh brother, anyone who’s ever seen pictures of a cleft affected baby would surely be able to tell that her lip has been repaired. There no longer is this gaping hole in her lip. Grrrr. It really frustrates me when ‘medical’ people have no clue.
I’m going by what NYU told you about cleft babies being late teethers as far as Rachel is concerned…she has her two bottom teeth. And about a week before surgery two top teeth finally broke through. But I couldn’t tell then what teeth they were. And she sure isn’t letting us look in her mouth at this stage of the game. LOL.
On a more positive note…I love the Fall pics of the girls!! They both are getting so big!!!