BRACES!!!

Oh wow! we have entered the world of braces..... well kind of. We took Sami to the orthodontist, thinking that he would say..... come back in 5 Years!!! Well..... he didn't....he said, ...... lets get started. First things first...... Sami has a tongue thrust... so braces will do her no good until we take care of that.... so she has a permanent retainer on her bottom teeth with 5 very large spikes pointing into her mouth to keep her from swallowing wrong. 3 days and many tears later.....she has finally learned to eat bread without biting a huge hole in her cheek. Her tongue is completely raw..... but that is starting to improve as well. I understand the first few weeks can be a bit brutal.... but it should be fairly smooth after that for the next several months, and then she will be ready for yet something else fun........ a palate spreader......... and then the final stage will be braces....... Yikes....I think we are in it for the long haul!!!