Yesterday evening while I was cooking dinner and my husband was standing in the kitchen talking to me our youngest daughter comes in there and says "Can I please get a new backpack?" Keep in mind when we went back to school shopping the girls begged and begged for the messenger style backpacks for this school year. I had a hard time finding one their size...they were all huge...until I got a super deal at Toys R Us, buy a backpack and get a free lunch box...oldest daughter got a Littlest Petshop messenger style backpack and the youngest got a Tinkerbell messenger style backpack. All was good in the backpack world. So, we both ask her why? And it goes something like this:
Youngest Daughter: "Because mine is old and ruined."
Me: "Well I told you not to put stickers on it because when you pulled them off it would leave sticky stuff."
YD: "Well....I didn't."
Me: "Yes baby, you did. I can see where they were."
YD: "Well, it has holes in it!"
Me: "Because you drag it across the concrete all the time even when we tell you not to."
YD: "Uhhhh...::thinking::...well there are kids at my school who are cutting holes in it!"
Me & Hubs: ::laughing:: "Right baby..."
Hubs: "Well, you better make it last because you aren't getting another one this year!"
YD: "Ok!" ::skips off::
BTW, her backpack does not have holes in it! I wouldn't be that mean...now it does have the sticky stuff where she put stickers all over Tink's face!
On another note - she's going to the dentist today to get a small cavity filled and they gave us a prescription for Valium to give to her prior to the procedure. I'm not sure how I feel about this...I mean she's 6! I asked why they give this and the dentist said because they won't numb her because it's close to the surface but they give her the Valium to take away the anxiety...umm, I think I would rather her be numb and no Valium. It scares the heck out of me. I remember what I felt like after I took Valium for my wisdom teeth removal...and I know it's a very tiny dose she's getting but I'm just not sure it's necessary. I'm not a dentist though...and I would NEVER want my children to be in pain...but Valium?? Any of my other moms ever had this prescribed for their kiddos before? And she goes to a very good dentist, he's been around for ages and has an awesome reputation. Am I just over reacting? As I've mentioned before, our youngest is our eater! That girl loves to eat! Problem today is...she has to take this medicine 1 hour prior to the procedure on an empty belly...and her appt is at 1pm so that means no lunch for her. She's going to be STARVING! Poor baby. Daddy is taking her to the dentist, I don't think I could handle it.
**Update - Our baby went to the dentist and my hubs said she cried at first because she didn't quite understand what that "feeling" was...poor thing...and he said she was too loopy to walk. =( I told him NEVER again. I would much rather them give her a numbing shot that hurts for only a second then make her "high" on Valium again. I KNOW that wasn't the intention of the dentist but I just don't agree with it.
2 comments:
Jill normally gets Versad (spelling??) before dental appts like that. Emmi can't have it, and they just tried to numb her. Bad news. She let them give her the shot just fine, but when it kicked in, she started clawing at her face. She didn't understand what was wrong with her face, and she went hysterical. I had to hold her arms down for HOURS until it wore off. Needless to say, they couldn't get the procedure done either...so all of that for nothing. So yes, it sucks to put the kiddos through the loopiness, but better that than the alternative!
I understand your hesitation - I don't think I'd be ok giving Valium to my kids, either. I think it would be best to do LOTS of talking ahead of time, and then go ahead and numb the mouth. Besides, even if it is a "little" cavity, and even if you are loopy on Valium or Versed, you still feel it!
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