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This morning I spent a lot of time trying to get hold of an oral surgeon to get Alan's visit covered by my medical insurance (because it came from an accident). Finally, I found out that he wanted to have Alan see a dentist first. So ended up taking Alan back to daycare for a few hours (they felt soo bad) and then to the local pediatric dentist at 5. We won't go back. He has no bedside manner and I don't like the answers we got... 85% chance of loosing the top teeth, wait 6 weeks for a recheck - keep him on soft food (no wagon wheel crunchies), keep his fingers out of his mouth (how...), feed him the bottle on the side (uh...how...this didn't work) - I think he was also going to say something about nursing...but he didn't. He said the bottom teeth won't grow back till 6 1/2 and the top till 8. And he said the speech would be fine? I would think he'd need something, even for cosmetic reasons (especially if he loses the top teeth!) I'm going to find another dentist very soon and get a second opinion.
It also looks like Alan lost 4 teeth, not 2 as I thought - the two bottom teeth came out and apparently the ones on either side of them (although they weren't through the gum yet...we saw 3 teeth (pieces?) in the envelope, and the doctor saw 4 extractions.
Right now, we will keep him at daycare. We still aren't 100% sure what happened, I will see if I can clairfy tommorow. I do think she had an older high chair which we may replace for safety. (we use a booster seat at home, lack of space). We will also check to see if she has insurance that can pay for Alan's expenses. Some people have suggested we remove him. The trouble is if we take him out, what we could get could be far worse - and because of our hours, a center wouldn't be a good option (they close about 1/2 hour earlier than we can get home sometimes.)
I still feel really bad inside. Alan is about 90% of normal now, I'm sure he'll be fine, except the eating restrictions by the weekend. I guess I'm upset about him being hurt, and it probably doesn't help that I've run out of Zoloft right now (I'm having trouble with the Rx refill, they have to call the doctor and I went to refill it after I took the last pill.) I hope the sadness inside goes away. I felt bad when he fell off the bed earlier this month (my fault), but he was basically ok (although he has a little red mark on the side of his nose still) I feel like I'm just not a good mommy..I love Alan so much. I just hope he's ok....
It also looks like Alan lost 4 teeth, not 2 as I thought - the two bottom teeth came out and apparently the ones on either side of them (although they weren't through the gum yet...we saw 3 teeth (pieces?) in the envelope, and the doctor saw 4 extractions.
Right now, we will keep him at daycare. We still aren't 100% sure what happened, I will see if I can clairfy tommorow. I do think she had an older high chair which we may replace for safety. (we use a booster seat at home, lack of space). We will also check to see if she has insurance that can pay for Alan's expenses. Some people have suggested we remove him. The trouble is if we take him out, what we could get could be far worse - and because of our hours, a center wouldn't be a good option (they close about 1/2 hour earlier than we can get home sometimes.)
I still feel really bad inside. Alan is about 90% of normal now, I'm sure he'll be fine, except the eating restrictions by the weekend. I guess I'm upset about him being hurt, and it probably doesn't help that I've run out of Zoloft right now (I'm having trouble with the Rx refill, they have to call the doctor and I went to refill it after I took the last pill.) I hope the sadness inside goes away. I felt bad when he fell off the bed earlier this month (my fault), but he was basically ok (although he has a little red mark on the side of his nose still) I feel like I'm just not a good mommy..I love Alan so much. I just hope he's ok....
