All That Glitters--Isn't Gold, but Costs Pretty Close to It!

Ashley finally got braces! When she was about three years old we took her to the dentist for her first appointment. After the x-rays and evaluation, the dentist gave her opinion that we start saving, because she would need braces, eventually--someday. We've tried to be proactive all the way along, by having teeth pulled to make room for new ones. Sometimes she would have teeth growing in sideways, but as soon as we'd pull teeth, they'd start to straighten out. She even had a space maintainer for awhile. Well, the baby teeth are gone now and if we don't want her to have a severe crowding issue, we have to go the next step. I'm glad we've had nine years to prepare for it, but it still feels strange to see braces on her. I suppose we'll get used to it over the next two years!

P.S. I feel kind of old to have a kid in braces!