And a week later......

Lucas's tooth that needed to be extracted started to abscess last week (of course) which resulted in us having to get it out a week sooner. the day of the procedure Lucas had to wait til 10am and could not eat beforehand, so by the time we got there, we were a bundle of nerves but Lucas just was anxious to be done so he could eat and so he could take his tooth home for the tooth fairy : ) Kids are fearless, I love that.

He was out for all of 30 seconds, has a little novocaine and nitrous, and was good to go. the only thing that annyed him was the novocaine then once it wore off, he was 100 percent back to Lucas again, no stopping him. He goes in April over spring break to have the cavity work done and the spacer put in. The sapcer so his molars do not try to move forward since it will be about 5 more years til that big tooth comes in that spot and the crowns because he really has to have that much gouged out of those teeth and a crown will prevent the teeth from moving all around and hopefully we can prevent further issues. he will not lose molars til he is about 12 uyrs old, he has a long way to go.I never needed braces and either did Larry, I would love to keep it that way for Lucas as well, cause those also cost a pretty penny. Emma's tooth needed a crown too, and she has had no further issues either. crossing my fingers for Lucas.

I am amazed at how quick the school year has gone by, despite it being another full time job for me most times. He has 3 days off this week due to his teachers are conducting the Kindergarten testing for next years kids, then he has about 3 weeks of school, then Spring break, then 3 weeks of school and he is out May 25. crazy how quick that went. The Kinders get out early, the rest of the school not til June 3rd. Because having to worry about 1 and a half week more of a babysitter is much more convenient for the parents I guess. Whatever. I am sad to see Kindergarten go, nonetheless : (

I just adore the school, so happy that is where we chose to send Lucas. His teacher is the most awesome teacher I have ever known, and I will snincerely miss her being his teacher next year. I have met so many great moms and all the kids, and I love how many parent/family involvement things they have, all the volunteer opportunities. I was born to be a PTU mom, and if I did not work, I would totally be on the board. I love being involved, and in the know, and to contribute to Lucas's school and to have him know how much I care about him to want to be involved in all of it.

And last but not least! It is that time of year again!!!! Time to collect money and spare change for the Q104 Pledge for Pets Marathon! Lucas and I will be collecting Kitty Kash and Doggy Dollars now til May 11th. And NOOOOOOO, I will NOT be visiting the APL this year, no 4th dog for us! our house is full. I love my puppy boys to death, but our house is not big enough for one more creature : )

So please consider helping out a great cause. We have so much fun doing it and love to be able to help the animals, who cannot help themselves!!!!

My child's poor teeth

I certainly did not take great care of my teeth as a child, nor did I see a dentist every 6 mos the way my kid does, yet I never had a cavitiy til I was 19 or 20 yrs old, and my poor kid has 3 and a dead tooth : ( at 5 yrs old : (

he had started complaining about one of his teeth the last few mos and when I took him to our dentist a few weeks ago, they confirmed what they believed to be 3 cavities altogether but did not take Xrays since he felt more comfortable sending Lucas ot a Pediatric dentist since it would require more than surface work and they would do their own xrays anyways.

I took him this TH to Dr Coloma, the pediatric dentist, liked her and the office real well, but she showed me the Xrays after they escorted Lucas out of the room and he not only has three cavities (one is not big enough to treat right now, just keep an eye on) and one tooth dead, and that is what causes the pain. It could absess so I need to keep an eye on it, but it needs to be extracted. She wants him to see an oral surgeon for that one, then come back and get the other two teeth worked on once that heals, since the other cavities are so in between the teeth and large, and molars, he will need crown, or caps, whatever you want to call them. UGH.

His appt to actually have the tooth pulled is March 24 at 8:20am. They said they would gauge that morning if they would give general anesthesia or just some nitrous. Lucas is extremely well behaved and compliant for any medical/dental procedure, the tooth is not a molar, and I think it will come out quite easliy and Lucas will be fine with nothing but novocaine, but if they insist, just nitrous, cause I think anesthesia would be ridicluous for something that will take minutes.

Then we go back in April for the cavities. The ped dentist said that his teeth are really crowded near the back and this is not uncommon for baby teeth and is not indicative of how his adult teeth will be, so I will be hoping for the best. Aside from wisdoms out, Larry and I have only had some fillings each here and there. I feel bad he has to go thru it, but he is fine with it cause Emma went thru this a year or so ago, so he figures if she can do it so can he : )

Good Updates

I need to remember to update when things are going good as well as crappy, like one of my previous posts.

Lucas and his behaviour, about school especially, has taken a turn for the better, we are leaving that crying phase as well.
The deal was, if he could go two weeks without crying when I drop him off at school or before care, or Jill and Matt's, he got a trip to Chuckie Cheeses. Needless to say, he won his trip and we went this past Sunday, yay : ) and he has not cried since, either. he was also exceptionally good on our most recent Bass Pro Shop trip with Norb and Barb.
His antics about GOING to school as well have turned around. We just had to really lay into him again and explain how he was expected to act, cause he KNOWS. He is allowed to not be happy that he has to go, but there is no arguing, whining, crying about it etc, because its the law, he has to go to school and since mom and dad do not want to go to work, we all have to do things we don't want to do, blah,blah. its working at this moment anyways.
We had our second parent-teacher conferecne a few weeks ago as well. No surprises, he is very good at school still. And it seems the things he was having small struggles with at the beginning, such as sitting still, paying attention and trying on all his work, has resolved itself. I see at home how much better and neater his work is and how he is really trying as opposed to scribbling it out if he does not feel like it. The teacher showed us some work from Dec and Jan and then the first few weeks of Feb, and even in those short weeks, how much better it has all gotten, his writing and coloring. She has no concerns about him at this time socially, behaviourally, or academically. that is always nice to hear : )