This should be one of my most exciting posts. For 5 months I have endured the Rapid Palate Expander. After just a few days of having it in, I thought I was going to rip it out my mouth. After about a week, I was starting to get used to it. After 5 months I […]
Mom Gets Braces: And Swallows Them (5)
It’s been awhile since I updated my braces saga and I have to admit it almost all came to a crashing end this weekend. Two weeks ago I had my bottom braces put on. You can see from the picture how jacked up my bottom teeth look in the front–especially now that the metal is […]
Mom Gets Braces: Surviving the Palate Expander (3)
Last week I posted about how incredibly grumpy I was with my new palate expander. It actually got so bad after I wrote that post that I made an appointment to see my orthodontist to find out if something was wrong. My right molar was hurting so badly that I just knew there was a […]
Mom Gets Braces: Palate Expander (2)
This is my second post in my series about getting braces. If I thought that Spacers were difficult, they were a walk in the park compared to the Palate Expander! After two weeks of spacers (the second week thicker than the first), a mold was made of my mouth to make the Palate Expander. (Technically […]