Dentist & P.T.C week.

We've had a busy week full of Dentist appointments and P.T.C~

Everyone in the family hit the dentist. Only to find out all the cavities that must be taken care of.( BOO!) Even Zoey had a very small Cavity. luckily it was small enough that no anesthetics were needed and she was out of there in 15 min.
Ethan has bad teeth. Even his 6 yr molars are coming in with problems. They think since he had so many ear infections , The damage is caused by all the high fevers he had. ( Great!) Hopefully his adult teeth will have better luck.
They encouraged me to really cut down on the sugar. ( This kid loves sugar more then my other kids.. so this should be fun.) I think I will just have to make him brush immediately after anything sweet. I wonder if there is a kid safe fluoride?

But it will be nice to get caught up and taken care of.I really don't care for the dentist.. I don't like people in my mouth.

Out of curiosity, When other mom's take their kids to the Dr or Dentist. Do you let your kids know exactly what they are in for? If there will be shots. If it will hurt?
I tell me kids weather it will hurt or not. I always tell them it's not scary. I let them know when we are going in for shots. And really exactly what to expect. Not to scare them. But to ease some concerns. It's not like I tell them oh man this is going to hurt so bad, your going to bleed.. No. I tell them it might hurt for just a min. But then explain why it has to happen. along with a bribe.

Zoey had some apprehension for her first Dentis appt. and didn't want to comply with laying back in the chair. So I sat her up and we had a "Chat".. I let her know. It wouldn't hurt and it's not scary. I also told her what they were going to do. I told the nurse to show her every instrument before putting it in the mouth.
She calms downs and complies with the Hygienist wishes. The hygienist then Lectures me about saying only" positive" words. and not to use the word "scary or hurt"? Are you kidding me??? who do you think that is going to fool? I wasn't being negative.. I was being honest and ensuring her that this wasn't anything to worry about. I was also letting her know what was going on? I don't believe in lying to kids about that at all.'

Whatever lady. Stick to cleaning teeth.

Anyway, catching up on dentist appointments was not fun and didn't come with a lot of good news. So we are working on some stricter habits. And really wasn't kidding about make'n my kids brush after anything sweet. SO if you see a toothbrush in there hands more often then not.. Just know it's for the greater good. Apperantly brushing at night and before school isn't cutting it.. who knew?


P.T.C went quite well!
Ethan- has improved in many area's. He is even a level reader this year. ( he wasn't last year.. at all.) Teacher is happy with what the medicine is doing for him. And has seen a difference.
She is concerned for his writing ability. And doubts it will be up to where it needs to be for first grade standards. also is hoping for him to catch the reading ability full strength. ( problem is he can sound each individual letter, but is struggling to connect them together to form the word. He is terrific at MEMORIZING words so he knows quite a few.)But she does think he is ready for first grade. Is still encouraging me to get him tested so they can provide him with extra help for next year. Overall she was pleased with his progress and so were we. Of course we are still working with him and praying it just clicks.. I really feel once he figures out the whole reading thing he'll be off and unstoppable. Math- he has done well and seems to understand the concepts better. They are going to bump his speech up to 3 times a week.
Paul and I were worried about social skills ( he is sort of a loaner perfectly content to play by himself and do his own thing.) Teach.says he has a group he plays with everyday. And is very interactive with them. Says that Once he makes a friend he becomes VERY loyal and protective over them. Also says the other kids play with him very well and like him alot. Ethan's top friend this year is Brennon. Last year it was John and Liney Lou. You will hear about this people constantly.
I was very happy to hear that this medication seems to be working and he is improving. ( Happy dance.. inserted here. Please feel free to take moment and join me.)

Jameson- Has really improved in just about every area. His Math skills have really jumped up and he is now unstoppable. ( I think he just found his confidence in it and it doesn't frustrate him anymore.) His Spelling grade-Is top notch. And has finally buckled down and gotten his A.R quizzes done. SO his grade finally shows his mad reading skills. I was very proud of his improvements with grades. He earned the high achievement award at school, and is excited for that! He needs to work on focus and not being so silly and chatty. He is too social and gets in trouble for messing around when he is s'posed to be working. She said she has tried to put him by alot of different kids. Shy ones, meaner ones,( she didn't say meaner, but that was point she was making.) the highly disciplined ones. But to no avail. Jameson makes friends with all of them and quickly finds stuff in common to talk about. He is going to be a "front rower." for life. He is also very silly and bit hyper. ( sigh, like I don't know that!) She laughed and said.. "Your son is a little TOO well liked, with typical boy energy!" She also warned me that he has become close to a little girl named Kaitlyn. ( my lil' romeo.)
So once again. The challenge for him is focus and discipline. Figure out when it's okay to talk and play and when it's not.

We talked about how much play time they get for recess... 5 min -10 MIN max and that's if they can get thru their lunch fast enough. I personally think this is absolute asinine! You lock up 20-30 7 yr old kids for 8 hours and only let them burn some energy for 5-10 min? And pray for gym day? No wonder they are restless~ I am figuring out who I need to talk to, to start a change for that. The keep cutting down the free time since they are trying to prep the kids for the ISTEP program. I personally think it will hurt their scores.. NOT help.
I should probably start a petition to get the kids the recess then both need and deserve.

Sorry it's a lame post. But since it's my record keeping way.. I want to chart and remember what they were like and issues that we dealt with, and how they did in school.