Symantha is not offended by this name at all right now. She has actually called herself it. This makes sense due to her total excitement over getting braces. We have entered that phase – the orthodontist, expander, bite plate, braces, rubberbands and so on phase. I never had braces, so the whole thing is pretty foreign to me, but I am learning quickly. Symantha has hardly complained at all and has been surprisingly tough about the whole thing. She loved picking out the color of her rubber bands and cement for her expander. The braces went on Dec. 22, luckily the day after she had her kids’ choir performance where she sang a solo and had speaking parts. Learning to speak clearly with this large appliance in her mouth has been a little tricky. But she has adjusted and is doing great with it all. Here she is on the day she got them.
Luckily, she only has to have that large appliance in for a few more weeks, then the braces for 10-12 months. We are just correcting the overbite and adjusting her jaw through this whole process, since she doesn’t even have all of her permanent teeth. Phase 2 will be determined later. Probably when we have another kid with braces at the same time, lucky us:) But so far, so good.
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