For those who know us well, you know that my children do not have good teeth. Ben actually had two abscessed (sp?) teeth that showed up the day Dave and I traveled to California for our 15th anniversary trip. My lucky in-laws got to take care of that situation! Sorry guys.
Today was a check-up and cleaning for all three kids. Ethan had his first dentist visit today. The results? Unfortunately, the next three months are going to be very expensive dentally speaking. Rachel unexpectedly got her remaining 7 baby teeth pulled at this visit. The permanent teeth were coming through and the baby teeth weren't loosening, so out they went. She was not happy about that development. :-( She also has to get four other teeth sealed/filled. Ben's six year old molars are starting to come through, and already have some pits in them. So he'll get them sealed in three months after they come through a bit more. Ethan has three little cavities they think they can seal. But since he (and Ben for that matter) are quite anxious and uncooperative at the dentist, they'll have to be sedated for that work to happen.
What does this all mean? We will probably end up maxing out our dental benefits before the year is even 1/2 over! Yikes!! But don't worry. We'll finish this up right about the time we have to pay hospital bills for this little one on the way.
