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Too Perfect

March 5, 2025/
stylized photo of Mikey in the dental chair, the waiting room and all of the Thomas the Tank Engine stickers he got for being so good at his cleaning.
If you want to eat the candy, you need to go to the teeth cleaning appointments. That's life.

First, nerds. Then, teeth cleaning.  Life is all about balance. 

journal entry page. "I got my teeth cleaned." Mikey sitting in a bright yellow dental chair, waiting for his cleaning, photo of the bright waiting room at the pediatric dentist. Mikey stuck his reward stickers on the journal page.
The kids got to pick their stickers at our dentist’s office when they were all done.

For a step-by-step guide to how we got Mikey comfortable at the dentist, click the link below.

Dentist

He eats the candy; he gets his teeth cleaned.  The first journal entry in the journal covered in candy is one featuring Mikey getting his teeth cleaned.  Too perfect.

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Erica Mauro

About the Author

Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 😉

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