Hailey has been to a couple of different orthodontists in the past two years, just for consults. We've known about all of the issues with her mouth, and knew she definitely needed braces at some point. A year ago we went to Davis Orthodontics for a consult, and that is the first time she felt comfortable going, and he made her laugh, so I made the decision that we would stick with them. The last time we went, a year ago, they said he'd see us in a year and we'd probably start her first phase. Well, we went in for the appointment, they did xrays and discussed the plan from there, and said they could put them on that day! Hailey had already asked me if she would be getting them the same day, and I told her no. I told them we would, but Hailey said no way and started crying haha, poor girl. She's had a few kids at school and her cousin tell her how painful it was. I pretty much tried to talk her into it, but she was not going for it at all. I finally just told her we were doing it, and she could surprise dad later, since he was working. Poor girl, I felt so bad for her, but I knew I would have a really hard time getting her to go if I set an appointment for a different day. About fifteen minutes later, she was sitting in the ortho chair ready for her braces. The tech that we had was AWESOME! She literally explained every step she was doing. It took about an hour and a half, and she was done. Poor Addy was starving, but she was such a good girl, being so patient while we waited. And, when she was done, she looked so stinking adorable! She smiled, but for the next eight hours or so, she complained and was insisting we go back and get them taken off haha! Hailey is so sensitive to pain, that I never really know when something is really hurting, or just uncomfortable (sorry Hailey, but it's true haha). We kept her on Tylenol, and as long as she was busy, she did pretty good the rest of the day. We tried flossing with her that night, and man, that is tricky with braces! We finally researched using a Waterpik, and remembered that Jaren had one that he no longer used, so we got that out for her. She loves using the Waterpik and has been taking really good care of them, but it's only two days into it, so we'll see how it goes! I can't believe we actually have a kid in braces! Time is just flying by!
Poor girl did not want to get them on today.
This made her laugh though....haha!
So cute!
Smiling because she gets a slushy!
Later that day we made cupcakes. She got
a shirt from her ortho and loves it!
Her mouth was sore, so she took a relaxing bath.
To cheer her up, we took her to get
a new beanie boo.
The next day she went to an
activity days activity and got this
cute shirt. She was excited to
show off her braces to her friends.
Using her water pik to keep them clean.
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