the mighty max update: conquering oral aversion

Thursday, December 28, 2006

conquering oral aversion

Most kiddos who are intubated for long periods of time (like me) and who are not fed orally (like me) develop serious oral aversion. Well that was certainly true for me...big, big, big time. But Mommy kept introducing a gazillion different things to me in hopes of making my mouth a "happy place." And sure enough, it has worked.

Look at me now! I absolutely love to have my teeth brushed and in fact, I will sit and "brush" them myself. How cool is that? :)

2 comments:

Unknown said...: wow now isnt that wonderful now just go over and teach evan that max coz i think ive read on the list befor he still hate it lol; December 28, 2006 at 11:26 PM
Crystal M. said...: Very good Max keep those teeth clean!! I just got Eva anther toothbrush!!!

Crystal and Eva; December 29, 2006 at 8:34 AM

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