A Little Update

I had my root canal on Tuesday. It was (or is so far) a great success. I got a cleaning just before my root canal, and the hygenist didn't know that I had a huge gaping hole in my tooth and an infected, exposed nerve. So when water and instruments hit that nerve, tears involuntarily sprouted and I was so embarrassed. But she stopped and assured me that she was easy to get along with, and the cleaning went smoothly after that. The sweet hygenist even checked on me just before my root canal.

I got my preliminary shot and sat around for a few minutes, talking with the dental assistant about how scared I was to have this procedure, and then the dentist came in to begin. Seconds into it, I could feel pain as he drilled into the bad tooth and hit my nerve. The dentist was kind and apologetic and made haste to give me another shot, which did the trick, but I needed still another one toward the end of the root canal, as the dental assistant was poking and prodding around my tooth. Right now it is still sore and tender around the tooth, but that face-on-fire, agonizing pain is gone. I don't think I'll miss that nerve. Not one bit.

Noodle said something funny to me yesterday (nothing related to my tooth). We were just talking and she said, "And we were in there and I was screaming at Boo-Boo (what she calls Banana) and Daddy come in there and got me in trouble."
I said, "Why did he get you in trouble?"
Noodle answered, "I don't know."
I asked, "Do you think you should be nice to Boo-Boo?"
Noodle replied, "No, I was mean to Boo-Boo!"
I said, "Well, be nice to Boo-Boo."
She said, "OK."
It is true that Noodle yells at Banana a lot, and this makes Banana cry. Anyone reading ever have this problem with your children, or witnessed it with others? If so, any pointers? Or do we just wait out the screaming?

Banana just this morning learned to crawl onto the kitchen chairs and from there, onto the top of the kitchen table and stand up. We are so proud of him.

I hope all of your lives are just as exciting!