Expaaaaanding Tears.... Bravery... My Hero!

Today is Day 3 with the expander.....

Day 1 Ladybug got her expander in and with it came the "slerp". I made a special dinner knowing it would be hard to eat. Potato soup n cheesecake w/ cherries. Miserable. She tried to get down the broth... made a total mess with the cheesecake. I think she finally gave up eating.

Talking was a new thing too... Big sis led her through talking and she did great until saying her own name... rather that a "L" a "W" came out... followed by a clear "Uh-oh". She also thought she'd lost her whistle!! :( On further inspection she has a smaller whistle!!!

Even sleeping was hard. Alas she could not sleep with the expander so neither of us slept well...

Day 2

We had 3 breakfasts. First a bowl of cereal she could not eat... next an egg... not good.... finally we made blue berry muffins. YEA!!! Slerp! Something she could eat!!!!! Yea! Yea! Slerp! Yea!!! Even dinner was declared good... her favorite meatballs!!! Yea!!! Sleep.

But this Day 2 brought big tears. In the evening with teeth brushed, it was time to turn the expander... we're to turn it once a day for 14 days... She laid on down and we turned the expander. Tears. Tears. Big quiet tears. Not wailing and fussing. Big hurting tears. Oh that hurt me. Finally with a Wii distraction she slept!! Sweet sleep... slerp.

Day 3 Today is a park day. Breakfast she did fair on. Slerp. Then she surprised me. She wanted to turn the expander before the park. We headed straight for the Tylenol. Then she mentally started to get ready. As she laid down she was afraid. We prayed.

She opened her mouth for the turn with big tears already down her sweet face. I could not do it!!! NO WAY. I sent her to dry her tears and get ready for the park.

With a clear face, she came to me ready for the twist. We turned the expander and were off to the park. I AM SO IMPRESSED. It was hard and she was afraid... and she faced it and she won!!!

She's my hero!!!

I know in time it will be easier.... The girls are already talking about collecting n hording candy she cannot eat!! I'm not contributing to this!!

6 months... less 3 days to go!!

Grace! ss

The God of All Comfort

Ow!! With a tooth darkening we headed into see the dentists today... Hubbie thought root canal... yuck... I thought of the teeth barely hanging on... We've had just 20 days since we had check ups!!! I expected a look and wait to loose these baby teeth...

These molars were in tight... and one was split in two... that's what was hurting!!!

Inside 30 minutes Lovebug had a simple extraction of two tight molars... top, one on each side...
Ladybug watched and she had 2 extractions just weeks age. She knew and understood how her sister felt.

She came out quite saddened... and with just a few tears. This was not what we expected!!

Tomorrow we head to the ortho... and Ladybug gets her expander...
Now big sis is telling her "It is not as bad as the teeth coming out!" She knew!!

Tonight we looked up God's comfort...

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

I've seen this today... L to M for the extraction... and M to L for the expander!!!

God is our comfort!!

I also had to call out bravery... Lovebug was brave today... and that does not mean she was not scared. She did great!!!!

Grace!! ss