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But she’s lucky, because I had mine on for twice that time. So either her teeth aren’t as bad as mine were or braces are just better these days. But watching all of this happen for her and remembering a good chunk of my own preteen/teen life being lived in braces I can definitely sympathize with her.
She has set a goal for herself to get these off as soon as possible. She hates them, and I know the feeling, I did too. But hopefully she will come to see that this time was just a means to an end and what she’ll be left with is an even more beautiful smile than what she had. Of course I think she looks beautiful no matter what and she wears the braces way better than I ever did. And to maybe help her feel better about this whole process I am sharing my pictures from when I had braces.
This was me actually on the day I got my braces off, 2 days after my 16th birthday. I thought I had a picture of the day I got them and the day I got them off, but I did not.
But needless to say my daughter definitely sports her braces much better than I ever did. I hope she comes around to see how great this is going to be for her. I know, right now she’s in a lot of pain and discomfort. We are medicating with Tylenol and plenty of ice cream, milkshakes, and smoothies. That’s one thing she is enjoying about this. But other than that she can see nothing good. Even getting a smile out of her wasn’t easy. But when all is said and done her extremely contagious smile is going to be even more contagious.
I am anxious to see the end results, but probably not more anxious than she is. Here’s to a successful 2 years (hopefully less and definitely not more) in braces.
Did you have braces? How did you like the outcome?