This cutie discovered he was in desperate need of ... well, a lot of dental care. I have been meaning to set up this appointment for him for a few months but it just hasn't been working out very well so at the beginning of the year - you know, that fresh start, clean palette, ready to start anew feeling that a new year gives you? - I scheduled a lot of appointments and today's was Jaiden's evaluative orthodontic appointment.
After I managed to not choke when I saw the soon to be bill for his proposed orthodontic work, I was able to slowly absorb the shock of exactly what they planned to do to his mouth. His sweet little mouth where big adult teeth were managing to take over and clearly were not going to fit well. So we are talking the full meal deal - starting with spacers, full mouth braces, palatal expanders and head gear! Eeek! As I took this all in, I noticed he was grinning ear to ear which almost made me cry because he really has no clue what exactly this means. I watched him examine the teeth molds that demonstrated all of these various stages and how he held the key ring of rubber band color choices. I watched his eyes sparkle and that adorable smile.
But what I found most interesting as we drove back to school was the questions Jaiden was asking me about how he would get to change the colors of the rubber bands! "What colors do you think would work for Easter, Mommy?" "How about 4th of July?" and then "maybe for Alyssa's birthday month, I will do pink for her!" followed up with "Mom, I get to be festive now!" As if that was important??? Heck, if I knew he wanted to be festive, I could have bought him festive t-shirts at Target or something!
So here we are crossing a new bridge of his growing up... I will keep you posted!
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