NOT a baby.
But braces on my daughter! We went in for her yearly orthodontist check-up yesterday.
All of the way there she’s nervous, fretting over: Will it hurt when they look? What will they do? OMG I didn’t brush my teeth!
All of the way there I’m sweating over the COST, WHEN, HOW MUCH, HOW LONG will I pay the doctor’s mortgage (again)?
We’re taken to the back, and Brinn won’t get out of the patient chair. She absolutely demanded to have a little look-see first. Maeve knocked her out of the seat (screaming ensued) and the doctor takes a peek. Maeve only has one baby tooth left that needs to fall out, and he tells me, “I’ve never seen a patient this advanced, she’ll be ready for her braces in about 9 months.”
“Advanced”… I chuckled and said, “I think you told me that when I brought Bryce in 4 years ago”. No chuckle back. Of course I stupidly start shooting off my mouth so I don’t look like an idiot, which only made me look like a bigger freak in the long run. “My children all got teeth early as babies, and lose them all earlier than most”. With a sure, okay look on his face, he nodded politely. But I felt compelled to prove I wasn’t full of bull, I have no reasonable explanation why, but I felt like I should prove it. Apparently he has a baby born at the end of May, 3 weeks younger than Shaye. Ahh, my in. “How many teeth does your little one have now?” I asked. “None, but he’s working on the first”. “Shaye has seven!” I blurted a little too loud. Now I’ve turned my child into a freak show, the 3 techs came bolting over asking me to get her to open her mouth so they can glance at the 8th wonder of the world. Either way, the Doctor shook his head, “wow, you weren’t kidding”.
I smiled smugly. But the smug one in the long run is the doctor. I just informed him that I’ll be contributing to his financial empire for at least the next decade thanks to my kids and their advanced but crooked teeth.
