First Cavity

So, Kalena has been to the dentist once before and she was a little scared, but this time she was absolutely fearful. They couldn't get her to even open her mouth without me being there to force it. Well, she had one small cavity, so I decided to get the work done so it wouldn't get worse. I scheduled an appointment for Monday, April 14 and took her in. I decided just to have them put the laughing gas on her, but she screamed for 20 minutes before she finally let me put the "red piggy nose" (this is what Kalena calls it) on her. Needless to say, the dentist came in to do the work and it failed miserably...I was so mad that I had to reschedule. But the next time, she was on valium, so she was more relaxed. She hopped right in the chair, but asked me to hold her so I did for my better judgment. Then we put the purple "piggy nose" on and she thought is was so funny. That is all she kept saying through the whole process. "Mommy, that so funny." The most hilarious part of all was when she kept farting and in Samoan the word for fart is kaipu. Well, she farted pretty loud one time and proceeded to say very loudly, "Mommy, that so funny. I kaipu'd." It brought tears to my eyes cause I could swear everyone throughout the office could hear it. There were many other things that were said, but when we left that appointment, I was very proud of her for doing so well. Here is a picture of her after we came home from the dentist...she looks exhausted, but she never fell asleep until bed time.