The Beginning of Braces

In September the girls had dentist appointments and after they had their teeth cleaned the dentist came in to evaluate.  She pointed out to me that Addyson has a cross bite, and you can definitely see it.  I'd never noticed it before, but I tend to not look at my kids bites that often;). Dentist said Addyson should see an orthodontist, so we did.  Ortho determined she needed first, an expander for 6 months to a year, then braces on her top teeth after that.  I thought all of this was happening at a younger than normal age, but the ortho assured me the younger we can start, the easier it is to correct the problem.  So we started the process this past Tuesday.  We took little one in to get x rays taken, impressions made and spacers put in.  The hygienist told us Addyson would be pretty sore from the spacers and she really is.  We've been keeping up on Advil as needed but it's still painful for her.  Luckily the pain is only supposed to last 3-4 days.  We are on day 3 now.  Next week she gets her expander put in.  She's been a trooper, but for a kid that's pretty sensitive to pain and anything different it hasn't been all that fun.  Proud of her.