FINALLY!

March 7th should have been the day.  But one tooth on the bottom had shifted slightly.

So... Let's try this again!

Fingers crossed, April 28th: Braces Off!!

She took off the bands, sat him up, and asked him what color he wanted to be put back on.  I jumped up from my seat and told her that he was supposed to get them off today.  She was confused, as they'd put his appointment in as an "adjustment."  I asked them to get the Orthodontist.  He corroborated my story-- today was the day.  We had a scare for about 15-minutes, but all turned out alright in the end.

Like last time, it wasn't five minutes after arriving home that he lost a tooth.  This one was so loose, they didn't take off the bracket.  There's already a tooth coming up pretty far.  We knew this, as the Dentist told us in March that we needed to get the brackets off to allow the tooth to come out.  Those things NEEDED to come off today for more reasons than we wanted.

I wish I could say that he was metal-free, but they placed a permanent retainer to keep the front four teeth together as the rest of his teeth come in.  He's overjoyed to have them off.  LOVE his smile!

Hopefully, Shelby will get hers off soon!!  It will be nice to have no metal in my kids' mouths!!