Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Brace Face No More
Today Brian got his braces off. I didn't get to go with him because I was babysitting 3 kids. So Jer took a few hours off of work to help me out. While sitting at home wondering how it was going I actually almost started to cry about it. For four years I have been taking Bri to the orthodontist once a month to have adjustments, new brackets, band changes and much much more. It has become a huge part of life. I remember in the beginning how incredibly sore he got, and the nights he woke up begging me to make it stop hurting, the days I wasn't thinking clearly and would make his favorite dinner, shredded beef burritos, on an adjustment day and him just sulking because it hurt too bad to chew. It seems I always plan that dinner on the painful days, mind you not on purpose. The end never seem to come, and then it did. His teeth are beautiful. They are perfect. He loves them. I hope this means all that pain was worth it. I found it so funny that the orthodontist gave him a bag of candy that contained, skittles, star burst, twizzlers, jaw breakers, and jolly ranchers. All the forbidden candies to a brace face. Although they didn't put gum in there. He gets to be care free for one whole week but next week starts the retainer which he will have to wear 24/7 for the first few months and then I believe it will go to just 12 hours a day after that. If anyone out there needs an orthodontist I highly recommend Dr. Poulsen and Dr. Endrizzi, they are awesome and so is there staff. Plus Brian get life time check ups for free. I don't know if all orthodontist do that or not but I thought it was nice of them. Kid #1 done, kid #2 still in braces for a while.
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3 comments:
Where are the pictures of his beautiful teeth. I know what a relief it is to have braces off, and I'm sure he looks great.
I know, where are those pics? I haven't even seen him since he had them off. Or maybe I did and I didn't notice because I'm such a horrible person, or more likely because he didn't smile at me :-)
A before and after pic would be nice ;-)
He wont let me take a picture and you have seen him Missy. Like twice. I asked Bri if you said anything and he said you didn't even notice. He says I can't take a picture because he wants out of staters to come and see for them self. I think he feels like some people don't visit because they see pictures. I plan to sneak a picture in soon but he doesn't ususally smile with teeth so I will have to be crafty.
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