Dentist Comparision
I took Avery to the dentist this afternoon (thanks to Amber for her pediatric dentist recommendation). Turns out I needn't have worried about whether he is in-network, at least not at this point. He doesn't charge for the first few visits where all they do is look at the teeth and count them! The other dentist I took Avery to charged me $90 for the visit.
Avery immediately started crying when she realized he was a doctor. First she screamed, "I need to go poopy!" as a diversion attempt. After that failed, she then went into full on cling mode. Both arms and legs wrapped completely around me. I could have stood up and walked away with her without holding her and she just would have clung to me like glue. Finally we got her to lie down and open her mouth. By the end of it, while not happy, she did stop crying long enough to let him count her teeth.
All looks well in her mouth. His advice to parents of toddlers is that kids eat most of their carbs at meals and eat only protein (as much as is reasonable given the child and your lifestyle) as grazing snacks. Basically, carbs are the same as sugar in terms of their affect on teeth. So letting your kid eat lots of crackers throughout the day, rather than during one eating session, is worse because of the continuous sugar sitting in his/her mouth. Good to know. And he wasn't crazy about this advice - he just said to do our best to make snacks proteins.
Huge Baby
Here's a FB status update from my college roomie's husband: 9 month well baby check: Gabe is 50% for weight...if he was 3 years old. Seriously. I so want to see their baby in real life. I know he's just a big kid, but I'm enthralled with the idea that he's only 9-months-old, yet bigger than Avery.
Jen
Jen, my best friend from high school, arrived just in time for Project Runway tonight! It's great to see her and great that she finally made it after way underestimating the drive time to get here.
I have been trying all morning to think of protein snacks that do not involve carbs or sugar. My list is pretty short and I can't imagine Elise snacking on much of this. Here's my list: cheese, nuts, hard boiled eggs, beef jerky (ha!), bean dip like hummus with veggies, and I guess maybe unsweetened tart yogurt?
ReplyDeleteDid your dentist give you any ideas? Or do you have any ideas?
The only things that popped into my head were nuts and deli meats (Avery loves to just munch on turkey - I'm sure she'd like ham, too, but we don't buy that).
ReplyDeleteI guess I am not overly worried about reducing carb intake throughout the day because it's fairly easy to get her into a non-grazing mode. She naturally seems to prefer to eat most foods during meals rather than as snacks. I don't take snacks when we go out and she doesn't often ask for them between meals. Milk, mind you, is another story.