These Kids!

This is another health related post. This is for Caleb though.

First, Campbell is the child who needs to be reminded each day (more than once) to brush her teeth. She's 10. You would think she wouldn't need reminding anymore, but she does. She really hates to brush her teeth. She rolls her eyes when I also remind her to floss, even though I was nice and got her these really cool kid flossers. Even with all of this she has never had a cavity. She does not have any space in her mouth for her teeth, but she has never had a cavity.

Caleb, on the other hand, loves brushing his teeth. He walks around with a toothbrush constantly brushing his teeth. He as no fewer than 3 toothbrushes around the house for convenient brushing. He gets very excited when he gets to choose a new tooth brush. He was over the moon with the new flossers I found for the kids. He takes his teeth hygiene very seriously.

Neither kid ever went to bed with a bottle. They have both had their teeth brushed since there first teeth appeared. They don't get a lot of sweets. They both drink more water than juice or milk. When they do drink juice, it's watered down. They both get daily vitamins. Caleb had a pacifier but it was never dipped in anything to make it sweet. These are all the things the pediatric dentist say to do. Also, both kids have the same parents and have been raised in the same house.

Wednesday we went to the dentist. Campbell's teeth were perfect, albeit crowded. She had no cavities. She is nearly 11 and has no cavities. The dentist was ready to throw a party. Until he looked at Caleb's teeth. Somehow, he has six! cavities starting to form. They are on his molars. He has had these molars in his mouth for less than 2 years. Two of them have been in there less than a year. How on earth does he get all these cavities? The dentist said it happens. It's most likely something that happened in utero (no guilt there). We will have his teeth painted to try to prevent the cavities from actually getting worse. They are not at the point where the need to be filled. We will have to keep a very close eye on his teeth. The dentist said that his permanent teeth will most likely be fine, but we will watch closely as they come in.

Apparently this is the summer to test us as parents.