Dentist drama

Last spring, Aaron had his first visit with the orthodontist. After taking x-rays, he informed me that Aaron has to have several teeth removed. Knowing what Mike went through as a kid, it didn't surprise me that one of our children would have the same fate. I was suppose to set an appointment with the dentist as soon as possible. Well, I went the entire summer delaying the inevitable. For those of you that know Aaron, he can be a very anxious and fearful child. He has always had trouble with haircuts, the weather, and going to the dentist. He needs a lot of reassurance to say the least. Well, with this whole teeth pulling business, I decided to let Mike handle it. This is just not something that I personally wanted to tackle. We found out from the secretary that they don't gas kids when it comes to pulling baby teeth. She tried telling me that it's really no big deal. When I tried to tell the secretary about Aaron, she just told me not to give him any information, and that the doctor with talk with him. So, I scheduled the appointment, Mike took Aaron in. I was expecting to get a call from Mike telling me which oral surgeon we will have to take Aaron to. But, the call wasn't quite what I expected. Mike called sounding rather exhausted, "well....it's over. But I had to promise Aaron the Wii." Apparently, Aaron did okay with the numbing gel, okay with the needle...not sure how he slipped that one past Aaron, but the problems arose when Aaron saw the pliers. Aaron hopped right out of the chair and decided that that was as far as he was going. So Mike coaxed Aaron back into the dentist's chair and promised Aaron the Wii. Mike ended up having to lay down with Aaron in the dentist chair. After the dentist pulled the tooth, Aaron breathed a huge sigh of relief and immediately got up and hugged the dentist apologizing profusely. And then he hugged Mike. Back in August, we bought the Wii game system and we've been using it as an incentive for Aaron to read. The idea was to keep it in the box until he earned it. But I think it's working better now that we have it set up because he has a daily incentive instead of some huge reward weeks away. It seems to be working thus far. The tooth fairy gave Aaron $1 for each tooth. That may seem a little cheap for extracted teeth but I think she must have known that we already gave him the Wii.