Kaedyn had his first visit with the dentist last week.... and it went just as we thought it would. Sadly, Nathan had to have oral surgery. His bottom 4 teeth had such bad decay that his awesome dentist had to pull them, and then he had the rest of his baby teeth capped... this happened because of Nathan's high calorie diet.
When you have two babies, it's not easy to give them two diets. So for the most part, they eat the same things. We try to sneak things to Nathan, so he gets a little more, but it even depends on if he eats it. They eat a lot of fruits, and love veggies. They both eat that over meat.
Kaedyn will ditch his cup if Nathan has something better, like Chocolate Milk, and drink Nathan's cup... Kaedyn also acts like a vacuum and eats whatever Nathan has left over. He is a scavenger ... if Nathan puts something down, and Kaedyn sees it.... then ... it's his!
We try to get Kaedyn to do better, but it just doesn't work. And every time I brush his teeth, the gags ... so it's a negative response to a good thing - which to him - makes it a bad thing ... which means that even though Nathan lets me brush his teeth, Kaedyn fights me tooth and nail ... and I'm not kidding when I say it takes 3 people to hold the child down to get him to do something he doesn't want to do.
So I try .. but obviously I am not doing a good job...
.... insert major Mommy Guilt.....
So... over the past few weeks I have noticed that his front upper teeth were in bad shape, so I got him in. And.......
Yesterday he had surgery .... his top 4 teeth were pulled, the rest were fixed and capped. Poor baby was miserable after, and he's still not eating much. He is at least trying now, but .... he still isn't eating much ... and that is soooooooooooooo not like him....
He spent most of yesterday .... sleeping, and then glaring at me.... then going back to sleep... then glaring at me.... then sleeping...
