This is an image of Helen, my eldest daughter, flashing a marvellous smile while messing around at a play park. I took it a few weeks ago when I first got my new camera and wasn’t too sure what to make of it until I flipped it to black and white.
Helen has reached an age where her milk teeth are preparing to drop out and the adult teeth are coming through. It’s something of an epidemic among the kids in her class at school. When I drop her off in the mornings I find myself surrounded by kids with incredibly mis-matched teeth. For Helen, however,
Toddler Adams is a very enthusiastic thumb sucker. Her older sister, Helen, had the same habit. They follow in my foot steps as I sucked my thumb when I was small. With Toddler Adams nearing her third birthday, we’re making plans to wean her off the thumb. She’s got a few months of respite, but
Dental hygiene is something I take very seriously and it’s something I want to instil in my children. I think it probably comes from the number of fillings I have! We’ve been lucky as a family in that both our daughters are quite enthusiastic tooth brushers. Despite this, the enthusiasm with which our eldest took
I often find the most enjoyable moments with my children come entirely unexpectedly. I had one such moment the other day in the dentist’s surgery of all places. I’d booked a check-up for our eldest, Helen, and I. Our baby daughter Elizabeth was too young for a check-up so she sat in the corner and
