Monday, October 24, 2011

No more braces!

The orthodontist predicted Jack would have braces for 18 to 24 months when he got them.  27 months later. . . Jack is officially brace free!  He did a good job at wearing his elastics without many reminders from me and did a good job getting his teeth brushed and braces clean.  He was excited to finally get them off!  They gave him a big bag full of treats -- all of the things he wasn’t supposed to eat with braces.  Weird, but I don’t remember him not eating cornnuts, jolly ranchers, laffy taffy, gum, etc.  He got to go directly from the orthodontist to the dentist to get a cavity filled (his first one since he got his braces) so he can get his permanent retainers on his teeth next week.  He only had a few minutes to enjoy the amazement of how big and smooth his teeth felt before he was talking about how fat and huge his lip felt.

I think the biggest surprise for me was looking at his before pictures.  I can’t get over how much he has grown up these past two years.  He was still such a little kid back in 2009.  What a difference two years makes!

The BEFORE pictures. . . 



And the almost after pictures.  Getting the braces removed.


And the AFTER picture.  It’s a cheesy, forced smile but his regular smile doesn’t show any teeth so I made him give me a big, fake smile.   Love the new brace-free smile!

One down.  Two in braces.  Three to go.


3 comments:

Andrea said...

Braces! That does not look fun but at least the teeth look good!

Kristin said...

Love the new header pic, too :)

Suzanne said...

The shy smile in the before pictures has improved a lot! I'm sure your boy is now turning a lot of girls' heads!

Suzanne Steven