Small Tessa update

We visited the dentist today, and received the excellent news that Tessa has no cavitites. She was an angel in the dentist's chair, opening wide and being sweet, and I had to laugh - at home when I help brush or floss her teeth she's a real pill about it and bites the toothbrush and makes faces and resists (she wants to do it BY HERSELF -she's clear on that). But with the dentist, she was sweet as pie, and I'm glad.

I was worried because her teeth are VERY close together (e.g. she will need braces later, guaranteed, just like her mom & dad) and the dentist gave us a good lecture (nicely, at least) about how we should be flossing every single day and she's at higher risk etc. (We brush twice a day, but flossing, well.....we mean well.....it happens on occassion.....oops.)

"Weak" teeth run in the family too, and Tessa's cousin is struggling with some dental issues at a young age....we love him and we're sorry he has to deal with that. We wouldn't wish it on him, EVER! Some enamel is soft, some is hard, and Tessa lucked into getting the hard kind, so we're lucky in that regard.

But we're now religious flossers, and Tessa better understands the importance of having Mom & Dad help her when she brushes/flosses, and why she can't do it all herself. Tessa listened carefully to what the dentist said, and she's agreed that it's very important, so we'll be flossing nightly. The family the flosses together stays together?!