Abby had to get her palate expander put in this fall. She wasn't very excited about it and we weren't very excited about paying for 2 kids in braces at the same time but she has teeth coming in that have no where to go. When Caleb had it done I was unprepared for how uncomfortable that it was going to be. I was more prepared this time. Abby got to get out of school to have it put in and I let her have the rest of the day off. We went to Paint Yourself Silly to have a little fun and hopefully help her forget about the pain in the mouth. Just like Caleb she had a hard time adjusting. There was a lot of slurping and learning how to deal with your saliva again. I don't think Abby had the food motivation that Caleb had to figure it out. We were at 2 weeks and she was still eating mostly soup and Jello. The poor girl lost about 10lbs that she didn't have to spare. Eventually she did figure it out.
It looks terribly uncomfortable!
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