Kid #1 is approximately 9.5 yrs old. I'm sure there's a site somewhere that would tell me *exactly* how old he is, but that would be a digression, distracting me from the real issue at hand - which is that my Kid#1 now has braces. And I really would like to be distracted from that.
He only has four brackets and the point is to align his top two central incisors (like the fancy terminology there?) but we know that this is just the first step on a long road of many orthodontic treatments.
Bottom line: his body is now filled with Advil and he's complaining about how horrible braces are. I never had them, and I still want to cry for him. He was so good in the ortho appointment, and now he's stuck with these miserable things for 6 months - and, as I said, we all know that this is just the first installment.
Installment makes me think of the money - and I'd really like to be distracted from that as well.
As I never had braces, I'm completely unprepared for the care that they require, the extra brushing and flossing, the restrictions on food (no popcorn?!?!?) and the pain and discomfort, that meant that Kid#1 had very little for dinner and ate very little lunch - even with the Advil in his growing body...
I'm sure that this too shall pass, and as I give empty reassurances, based only on my own fervent wishes, that his discomfort will fade, and that he will grow used to the braces and wires, I know that my own discomfort will also fade.
But chalk this one up as another thing I didn't know I was signing up for when I became a mother.
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