flossing...an Olympic event

So it never occurred to me how much more difficult is was going to be to floss after getting braces. It takes soooo unbelievably long. I did find a few flossing products that are supposed to help. The first one I tried was Plackers for Ortho...They don't fit the way they are supposed to..actually it seemed like they could cause some damage to my wires and when they did fit they were not very thorough. http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/plackers-orthopick-flosser-for-braces/ID=prod6039469-product



 I was hoping they would make flossing a little easier. Oh well. I have heard of a floss that has a stiff end so that you dont have to use the threaders. I think I will try those next.


Any suggestions are welcome. With 3 active kids around, I just don't have time to spent 20 mins just flossing my teeth in the morning.

Its going to be a long 18 months!

I'm so excited that I finally got my braces! As a 28 year old mother of three precious daughters...I figured I owed it to myself to do something big for me. Prince Charming and I are starting a debt free family so we had to save enough money to pay them off in full. Let me tell you that braces are not cheap! Its so gonna be worth it when I can smile big and proud!

I have a ton of crowding so I had to have teeth removed to make room to straighten out the rest. I went ahead and had the braces put on before all of my extractions were finished though. The Orthodontist said that as long as I had it done within the first few months I would be fine...now I just have to save enough for that. I also have some impacted wisdom teeth to worry about. I have to go to an oral surgeon for those though.

I got a new cell phone last week and I'm in love with it, so when they asked me what color bands I wanted, I went with black and purple to match my phone...I'm such a nerd ;)

I cant wait to start seeing the amazing results...Here is a photo of my first week in braces:

They have been on for 5 days and I can already see some major improvements!