Caillou

R's current favorite TV show is Caillou. The book Caillou: My Room was his favorite for some time. Due to this the TV show was an instant hit and has helped him weather his anxiety crisis in the last month.

After looking at the show I wondered why Caillou was bald. Turns out Caillou also means "bald head". Wikipedia answers this: The original storybook character of Caillou was much younger than the television character, and like many very young children, had no hair.

R has now started calling our baby N "Little Caillou". N doesn't have that much hair and wears a cap mostly which makes him look very bald :). Lets see how long this Caillou mania lasts ...

R visits the dentist

Today I took R for his first dental check-up. He was not having any problems but I thought it would be a good idea to get his teeth checked-up now that he has turned 3. The visit was not a pleasant one and eventually the doctor just ended up counting his teeth ;). We had to skip the cleaning part completely ! Turns out this is completely normal and the doctors also don't want to force as the kids may get traumatized - where were these doctors when I was growing up ?.

It was good to know that all his 20 teeth are doing fine. The doctor was really nice and I was happy with my selection. Although R might not agree with me as he refused the "prize" at the end of the check-up.