So I am 21 weeks pregnant and my other half is currently on nights, meaning that I am not sleeping as usually one of us goes in with the toddler who does not sleep through and one of us has the baby who also does not sleep through. I've had both, and been working days. I'm feeling very tired and stressed and I cannot figure out if I am overreacting to this dentist situation. I may just need to rant.
I've been trying to get my youngest a dentist appointment since September. He is now almost exactly a year old and has had teeth for 6 months, so per the advice I scheduled his first appointment when those teeth first came through. Firstly his October appointment was cancelled because the dentist ran out of NHS treatment slots. Ridiculous, but not their fault, rescheduled for December. My other half took him but also had to take our middle son who was almost 2 at the time. They were turned away because the middle child had a runny nose. Despite the fact that he wasn't the child being seen and we'd done a negative covid test on him, they were turned away. Ok. Frustrating. Had a conversation with them about it, but understand the reasoning I guess although I'm not sure there's ever a time in the winter where one of my young children is not coldy. Couldn't get another appointment until last week. The day before, got the call to confirm but agreed to reschedule as this time the child actually being seen did have a cold. So we ended up at today. I turned up at the door at 12.51 for a 12.50 appointment, having got both children out of the car (no childcare today, I took a day off work as usually both kids go to my in laws on Thursdays but today I took it off specifically because of this dentist appointment; as previously noted hubs is on nights so sleeping). Getting both kids out the car with SPD is fun. Wait outside to be acknowledged as not allowed to enter. Get told to wait while they check with the dentist if he can still see me as I'm late?? Ok at that point its 12.53, I checked my phone. Then get told he can't see me as my appointment is halfway done. At that point it is 12.55. They close for an hour for lunch at 1. I've done plenty of these young kids appointments. It's a 10 second look in the mouth because that's all you can hold them down to do. In and out. I just looked at her and burst into tears and walked away. I know it's not her fault so I didn't say anything, I was just so frustrated that I had got them into the car and out for nothing only to then get them back to the car and back home and then have to call and reschedule and do it all AGAIN, when I've been trying to do this for 6 months. The middle one was grumpy because 12.30-1 is usually when he goes down for a nap but I took this appointment because it was all they had.
So am I just being a dick because I was late?? Are they just being cautious with the rescheduling?? I'm at the point where I am seriously considering moving dentists, but I don't know if anywhere else would be different?