June 16, 2006
Smile!
Jacob came home from creche yesterday proudly sporting a sticker of Molly Molar on his jumper and armed with a report from the community dentist. The dentist visits creches and kindergartens to introduce toddlers to the idea of looking after their teeth and of letting someone examine their teeth. It works really well as of course the creche is nowhere near as scary as a dentist's surgery. At Jacob's creche they do the kids in twos so Jacob and his best friend Megan got to sit together holding hands while they showed the dentist how wide they could open their mouths.
Jacob and I had been practising opening-our-mouth-for-the-dentist in the morning on the way to creche which may have been just a bit startling for early morning traffic on Brighton Road but it obviously paid off with the dentist not only getting a good look at Jacob's teeth but being able to pronounce them all in good health and in the right place. And it's free! I know everyone in Australia is convinced the country is going to wrack and ruin but honestly.........if they only knew!
Posted by Faith