Jiaheng is 3 out of 32 of an adult

Yesterday morning, after Jiaheng finished brushing his teeth, he came to me saying that his teeth is very painful and that he felt something moving.

After checking, I realised that his front incisor was slanted and behind the incisor another pearly white has cut through his gum. Heh! This is Jiaheng's first adult tooth... or so I thought... cos after the dentist checked him, she told Kai Hock that in fact the molars have come out on the left and right of the lower jaw.

The lady dentist was very friendly. Kai Hock found her through the internet. The regular dentist we went to is a nice doctor too, however, I guess he is more used to serving adult patients so not very "zai" when it comes to little ones. Jiaheng went for his regular check-up with our regular dentist a couple of times but that was just for routine checks and cleaning so we were not particularly anxious. But this time, we expected some form of extraction so Kai Hock wanted to look for one who is more experienced with children and so we found this lady dentist located at Telok Blangah.

We are very pleased with her... she really knows how to deal with kids and make them comfortable. As such, the extraction process was very smooth and before Jiaheng knows it, the tooth was already extracted.

After the extraction, the dentist offered a lollipop to Jiaheng to reward him for his "bravery". According to Kai Hock, Jiaheng first took a lollipop with a pink wrapper then he wanted to take another. The lady dentist said he can only have one. Jiaheng explained that he wanted one more for his meimei who is asleep outside the treatment room. The dentist said that meimei can get one the next time she comes.

Jiaheng thought for a moment and said that he will only take one and he will give this one to his meimei because his meimei likes pink. Upon hearing that, the lady dentist "melted" and offered him one more lollipop for himself. Aiyoh, my son, you so sweeeeeet. :)

Once, Jiaheng can start talking without the cotton pad in his mouth to stop the bleeding, he cannot wait to tell everyone he met that he is now 3 out of 32 of an adult cos 3 of his adult teeth came out.

And of course, an excellent teaching opportunity for me. Son, ... you are now 3 out of 32 of an adult... so your behaviour should be more responsible and more like an adult, ok? He just looked at me with an innocent look, nodded and said "OK" and walked off happily.

Well, not sure how much he understood from my teaching... Aiyoh... never mind... still have another 17 chances before all his baby teeth come out. Ha ha

--- posted by Mommy