My Poor girl

If you are a parent then you know there are times when you wish that it was you and not your child.  Be it a hard situation or pain or a number of other things.  Well....this is one of those times for me.  If you have watched the blog for a while you have seen and heard me talk about Pooh Bear's underbite.  She has always had it and I have known for a very long time that head gear was something that she would have to do.  Today was that day.  We had an appointment at 2:00 for all the appliances to be put on.  She now has an expander in the top of her mouth that has to be turned once a day for a week to widen her top jaw.  She also has a bar that connects to the appliance with rubber bands and goes in front of her face.  She will have to sleep in the head gear and wear it at home as much as possible.  

If you look close you can see that her back teeth are covered in plastic and she has a metal bar that runs across the roof of her mouth.   The plastic on her teeth are keeping her bite from closing completely.   That way the teeth do not hit each other and they can move forward.  The hooks that the bands connect to are in the front.

Because I knew it would be hard to eat anything I had decided I was going to take her to get a milkshake.  I had planned on DQ but.... the doctor gave us a certificate for a free milk shake at Johnny Rockets.

She liked her milkshake but said that it was hard to swallow.  She tried eating a fry but it got stuck in the top of her mouth.  She gave up on the fries pretty fast and just finished the shake.

Also, she has told me that I was not allowed to take a picture of her with the head gear on.  So I am respecting her wishes and you will not see any pictures of her in the head gear attachment.