This summer Liberty got a new smile. I took her the dentist in May, and I knew we were gonna be in for a treat, cause yes I'm the worlds worst mom and am HORRIBLE at brushing teeth. Well It was so much worse than I thought. :( Yes she has a mouth full of cavities but we also found out she has a cross bite, her top jaw is smaller them her bottom one. Anyways after talking to the dentist (who is amazing!) we decided the best corse of action to start on her long dental journey would be to pull her top 2 teeth. And around 8 years old she will have a retainer but in to help stretch her top jaw. I left that appointment in tears! I felt sooo horrible like I did this to her. Good thing is she LOVES not having her her 2 teeth, and having the tooth fairy come was soo exciting. She is so cute without those teeth. Jeff and I joked that she got even more sassy after she lost those teeth. That toothless smile makes her seem so sneaky and sassy all the time. Needless to say I have been a brushing teeth nazi since then. My poor kids have horrible baby teeth, I have never seen kids with crooked baby teeth but our poor kids do. Another SAD note I just found out that our dentist no longer takes our insurance, I am DEVASTATED i seriously loved him and I hate to switch dentist mid treatment :(
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We're going through the same thing so I feel your pain! JJ had to have 2 teeth pulled to make room and he has an appliance on the top and bottom to widen his mouth. It's horrible! The kid couldn't eat for about 10 days because his tongue got so sore. I kept him alive on smoothies, protien shakes and blended refried beans!
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