Time for your check-up

Last week was a whirlwind of 3 year appointments for Jack & Maggie.  Midweek poor Jack got an ugly stomach bug too.  All in all, the kids did great for all the doctor visits.  We graduated from High Risk follow-up at Children's, which was exciting!!  It was amazing to see how much the kids have changed in the last 6 months.  They walked up to the doctors alone and I didn't have to do anything during their exam.  Saturday was our first visit to the dentist.  Maggie did great!  She got x-rays, her teeth cleaned and examined.  Jack on the other hand, he tolerated the x-rays, but wanted nothing to do with the cleaning or exam.  Poor guy was tortured again the next day during his hair cut.  I had to practically man-handle him to get through the cut.  He did get a new train set when all was said and done, so I think he might forgive us eventually. Meanwhile, Maggie was informed by the dentist that since she is 3 and a big girl, she no longer needs her pacifier.  I let the dentist be the bad one...plus she isn't around to be mad at. :)  It worked!  She cried for maybe 15 minutes during her afternoon nap, but hasn't looked back.  She reminds us when she goes to bed that "the dentist said no more paci's" and that is that.  My big girl!