Was it really half a year ago Shane had his first cavity filled? I've been meaning to take him back to the dentist, but with wrestling, work, and moving it got lost in the shuffle.
Until now.
Mommy and Shane learned a valuable lesson last time: Shane prefers electronics to anesthetics. He asked right away if he could have a tablet.
And right away, I said, "Yes."
When the doctor asked if we wanted laughing gas, I said we had Minecraft.
Then she remembered, too.
It went really well. Shane had a "curious tongue," but he stayed calm when he couldn't see the tablet. The assistant went through and applied some sealants when the dentist had to deal with something else. The only struggle was on the second novacaine shot to numb him before the fun began.
"I've got a special toothbrush to clean your teeth," the dentist told Shane. "No drilling today!"
Which confused me. "Wait...are we....?" I started to ask.
"It's a special brush," the dentist replied and I clued in.
They went through all the preparations and I thought "it's so obvious!" Only Shane never realized what was going on. I managed to stay in my seat the whole time! I threw out some nonchalant encouragement from time to time and tried to hide how excited I was that it was going well.
There were a few close calls where Shane almost clocked the dentist with the tablet trying to look at it, but he did a good job and she typed the password back in for him when it was all over.
I couldn't believe it. Shane didn't even realize what happened. I'm not going to tell him until he's much older either!
I let Shane play on the iPad for a while in the waiting room after. It kept us out of the house. Then we went to Tropical Smoothie Cafe and Lowe's before returning home.
