Today was Bella's first dentist appointment. The second attempt.... I had to really talk her into getting into the car, she was scared. I told her they were going to look at and count her teeth.. She seemed ok with that. Especially after I reminded her of the magic door she got to pick a prize from when she was all done. We got there and she very tentatively followed the hygienist into the back, turning around several times to make sure I was still there. She made it into the chair and tried on the sunglasses... She even liked the first couple of tools. She shot water and air herself. As soon as they showed her the noisy electric toothbrush she stiffened. She asked me to come sit with her and told them to " put that away.". She looked at both the ladies and said, "I just want my mommy.". They didn't want to push her in any way so she sat on my lap and they wanted to lean us back together. Forget it...
She saw that mask and we started tipping back and she froze. She said she wanted to leave.... So we did. We will try again in six months.
She still got to pick a prize from the magic door and was excited about that. After we left she told me they were "nice ladies.". I hope the third attempt gets us a bit farther.
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