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In the "how can we screw up our child Olympics" - Alex has eight cavities. Oh, we knew to keep him off too much juice, and to brush. But the soy milk that is probably the bulk of the protein he consumes is loaded with sugar, and apparently we didn't brush enough. 8. Poor kid. I'm so sorry.
So his sugar intake (and his soy milk intake) is getting cut way down.
Today we had the first round of fillings. Managed to get through half of them, at least. He did really, really well. Stayed perfectly still for the bottom two. Started squirming and whimpering with the top, but made it through. Once the laughing gas kicked out, though... puddle of distress. He sat sobbing on my lap for ten minutes or so in the room. Then we moved to the waiting room, where he threw up on the carpet and then sobbed in my lap for another ten or fifteen minutes. Then he sat quietly but refused to let me stand up for the better part of the rest of the hour.
He's doing fine now. Pretty chipper. I feel like I've been hit by a bus.
So his sugar intake (and his soy milk intake) is getting cut way down.
Today we had the first round of fillings. Managed to get through half of them, at least. He did really, really well. Stayed perfectly still for the bottom two. Started squirming and whimpering with the top, but made it through. Once the laughing gas kicked out, though... puddle of distress. He sat sobbing on my lap for ten minutes or so in the room. Then we moved to the waiting room, where he threw up on the carpet and then sobbed in my lap for another ten or fifteen minutes. Then he sat quietly but refused to let me stand up for the better part of the rest of the hour.
He's doing fine now. Pretty chipper. I feel like I've been hit by a bus.
