first dentist appointment

Today Pepe had his first dentist appt. I know you are supposed to take kids at 3, not 4, but there you go, we are slackers on this one as well. We only got our act together after Pepe's 4 and 6 y old italian cousins had dreadful dental exams that included lots of fillings and some pulled teeth. Yikes! Chris took Pepe in today. We've talked about the upcoming visit for a while now. Pepe and I even played dentist, and he actually let me look in his mouth with a magnifying mirror and I could not see any cavities. Pepe was asked today whether he is brushing his teeth, to which he nonchalantly replied: "yeahhh????". Truth be told, Pepe brushes his teeth about 10 times/week, including morning and night. Chris thinks he associates teeth brushing with bedtime. I think he is just lazy when it comes to hygiene. Plus, he can't spit out the toothpaste, or mouthwash (he loves that stuff), so I have been a bit afraid of fluoride poisoning. Anyhow, Pepe did well today, no cavities, had a cleaning, and was told to brush his teeth coz otherwise he'll get wholes in his teeth! Guess that works better than saying if you brush your teeth you will have nice white pain free teeth.... Will see how that works out!