Presents, Cake and Doctors' Visits?

Apparently at our house, you turn three and get a party with presents and cake and then the following week you have a string of doctors’ appointments. The week after Ben’s birthday was spent explaining how we were going to get two “fun” checkups because Ben had grown so much in the last year. Thankfully, he was caught up on any necessary shots so the first doctor’s visit was routine. Ben now weighs 34 pounds and is 39 inches tall. He is developing well and his doctor said he is doing great! Ben was mostly obsessed with the fact that he got to wear a gown of his choosing, received a Diego sticker and got a sucker at the end of the visit. It was like an odd version of Halloween with costumes and treats.

Next was the dentist’s appointment. We had told Ben that the dentist wanted to see how all of his teeth were growing healthy and to count them since there were so many. Ben wasn’t too crazy about the idea when we first arrived, but then found a LeapPad laptop game and quickly forgot why we were there. He enjoyed letters and numbers for a while and then it was time to go back. They were just going to take him back, but Mom quickly jumped in with the plea that it was his first visit and might they let a parent go back. The hygienist turned to Ben and asked if he wanted to go back alone or with a parent. In his smallest voice, Ben replied “with a parent”. So Mom went back to the room. Ben did really well and opened his mouth long enough for the hygienist to count his teeth, scrape for tarter, brush with the “special” toothpaste and floss! It was quite the shock that they were able to do all of that when we thought it would just be a tooth “counting”. Then it was the hygienist’s turn for shock when she found out that Ben had only just turned three and did so well for his first visit at such a young age. Yea!

Next up is the eye doctor. We’ll see if Blinky Ben can keep his eyes open long enough for them to see anything!