Nice teeth!!

Family Picture

We brought Benjamin home September 30 and we thought it was a little strange that part of his routine was to have a bottle of formula each night.  When we got home, we continued this routine for a few reasons: 1. to keep his routine the same and 2. all of the books say this is a time for mom and child to bond.  He could drink the bottle while Nanette was rocking him and he could get more familiar with her.   We knew that we needed to do this, but we also knew that he needed to get off the milk at night.  So, after about a month or so, we transitioned that to water and then we got rid of it altogether.

Fast forward several months and we take all 3 of the kids to the dentist.  When it's Benjamin's turn, he gets in the chair...and you know you are in trouble when the dental hygenist says "ooh, there's a cavity, before she even puts her hands in his mouth.  After she cleaned him up, the dentist comes in and says "this is in the double digits".  Nanette said, "excuse me? are you talking about cavities?"..."yes maam, it looks like he has at least 12 cavities".  12 CAVITIES!!!.  He's only 3!  So we are in the process of figuring out a course of treatment.  Unfortunately, our dental insurance does not cover anesthesia and our medical insurance will not cover it for dental procedures.  So we are trying to get this figured out and make sure he gets what needs to be done.

Who would have thought? 12 cavities!!

Otherwise, all things are going well.  Benjamin goes to "school" 2 days per week and seems to like it.  It took us about a month or so to get him tell us a name of one of the other kids in his class, but he does seem to like it and really likes his teacher.  He is learning his letters, numbers, etc.. and his english is progressing each day.  We are now working on how he pronounces his words, trying to correct him and make sure that he says the word right.  

Very proud of his blue Q, painted with a q-tip!

One of his favorite phrases is: "all the time".  For example, "Daddy, I like to eat candy ALL THE TIME" (he said this at the dentist!!!) OR "Mama, I like to play the computer ALL THE TIME".  Another favorite is "I like gum ALL THE TIME".  

This spring is looking like it will be busy: Bryce will be playing soccer, Elise is going to start piano lessons, and Benjamin will go from activity to activity!  Life is good...