Month of Thankfulness: Day 13

I am thankful for pearly white teeth.
Up to this point we had not intentionally avoided taking the girls to the dentist, it was just one of those things that I didn't think about getting them started somewhere during times I could actually research where I wanted to take them and actually make a phone call to schedule an appointment.
But suddenly my girls had become interested in wanting to go to the dentist, and started asking me when they were gonna go. So I finally picked a place that was covered by their insurance and called. Of course, a waiting list. I received a call the beginning of November informing me of an opening and finally got their first dentist appointments scheduled.
To be completely honest, I was really nervous about what the report would be like. Feeling like the "bad mom" who had neglected getting my children into the dentist made me sure they were going to get a negative report.
I am happy to report that the results were quite to the contrary! The dentist was quite impressed with their teeth. He commented how it is very rare that he has two come in with such great looking teeth. He even made a point to tell the girls to thank Mommy for doing such a great job of helping them take care of their teeth. I must say, that was definitely one of those affirming moments as a mom - especially considering I was beating myself for procrastinating on making this first appointment.

I was also really nervous about how the girls (mostly Kathryn) would do in the dentist chair, but WOW they impressed me! Such big girls. Kathryn wanted to go first. She hopped up in the chair and opened her mouth perfectly. So proud of my girls.