My two youngest are not happy campers right now. A few days ago they got their braces on. I didn’t tell them until a few days before their appointment because they have been giving me such a hard time saying that they DON’t need braces. Their argument,“we’re boys mom,we don’t have to have a pretty mouth with straight teeth like girls do!”
As we got off the elevator to go into the orthodontist I asked if I could snap a “before”picture. As you can see from the picture below,they were thrilled with that!
After all their mouth metal was installed,I asked for an “after”picture,they were even more irritated now,but tolerated it!
My two boys were so down about their braces when we left the orthodontist. They were even moaning in the back of the car,not because they were sore,but because all they could think about was that for the next two years they would have these darn things on their teeth! I tired to cheer them up with the offer of milkshakes or making a trip over to GameStop but,nothing intrigued them. When we arrived home,dad was all excited to see what they looked like and by this point they managed one more smile and asked to go school for what was left of their day.
For the next two days it was all about sore mouths,soft food and an occasional scream when one of their lips got stuck to a brace. I don’t seem to remember the other two being this bad but,I’ve been trying my best to keep smiles on their faces. I even told them that the day I got my braces on,my dad brought me home a t-shirt that said ‘tin grins are in‘,they found absolutely no humor in it!
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