she is a trooper!

OK...so last week we went to the dentist and it was a blow! Hope had her first cavity and I was so upset! Seriously-I felt like I had failed as a mom. Hope was ok with it until she saw me "sad" (as she calls it) and then she got upset. I told her that I wasn't sad with her, it was with myself. Anyway, fighting back tears we scheduled her next appt.
I was dreading that dental appt yesterday, for Hope has always LOVED the dentist and I just knew that it was all about to end here. We planned ahead and made a "kids" play list of songs on my phone and took the headphones. Hope did great climbing in the chair and we talked for a bit while we waited for the doctor. Even though it is just a few minutes, it feels like forever and our conversation was about how it is ok to fell those butterflies in her stomach and to be nervous. I explained that we all get that feeling at different times. Well, they were able to do some sealants and then when it was time to "get to work" we put on the music and she did AMAZINGLY well! I was so proud of her. They didn't numb her, so no magic finger nail, and she didn't start to whimper until...wait for it...not while he was drilling into her tooth, or scraping the decay out...no, it was when he was putting the filling itself in! I was like, what?! The bad part is over with! Lots of encouragement from everyone in the room and Hope was such a trooper! When it was all over and the dentist bragged on Hope is when she fell into my arms and cried. I think it was an emotional overload. She said that her mouth got tired of opening and closing and that it hurt just a little bit. Either way, I am so very proud of my brave girl! She has even been watching her food intake-at the grocery store "make sure that doesn't have much sugar in it, mom"...that's my girl!