Wednesday, June 17, 2009

No Teeth Yet...

But I can't say I'm too upset, because I'll admit- I'm a little worried they might come in like this... This is what my baby teeth looked like... And the adult permanent ones weren't any better if any of you remember me in Elementary. Yes, you only see 4 teeth and that small one on the far right didn't have a permanent one above it. If you're wondering where all my teeth are, I couldn't tell you. I was born missing ELEVEN permanent teeth! 5 in the front and 6 in the back. I had braces for 4 years then after wearing a retainer with fake teeth on it for 2 1/2 years I had all 3 of my permanent top teeth shaved down and capped with with the teeth I have now. My Mom was missing a couple teeth and passed it down to 6 out of 7 of her kids. I am just praying I don't do the same thing to my kids. Of course I was missing the most teeth out of everyone and had the biggest gap. Ryan's teeth are better... but he still had some problems too. All I can say is good thing we have Dental Insurance! Sara is so darling I feel like there isn't anything that could take away her cuteness. I just really don't want her to have to go through the same things I did, not only with all the dentist and orthodontist appointments, but if any of you have kids in Elementary you know all kids aren't very nice and I was teased to tears because of my teeth. So, I think it will still be a couple months before we see any teeth, I just hope when we do there will be more than 4 on the top and they won't be so spaced out. So cross your fingers!

4 comments:

TEISHA said...

maybe she is missing all of them. Ha ha jk. she is adorable. I am sure her teeth will be fine :)

Whitney said...

She is so stinkin cute! I know how you feel though, not wanting your kids to feel the pain of getting made fun of in school. I am sure she will be fine.

Jessica said...

That picture of you is pretty dang cute! I had no idea you were missing eleven permanent teeth, I guess it just didn't matter much to me. Your little girl is getting cuter and cuter every time I see her!

The Shirley Family said...

Tori that picture of you when you were little is so cute. Addison sucks her thumb so I am worried how her teeth are going to turn out. To answer your question about the crib situation. We just ended up buying another crib. Addison just loved her crib and would nap and sleep so great in it, I just felt like it was best to just keep her in it until she was ready to make the transition herself. Some kids do really well with going into a big kid bed, so really I think you just have to do what is going to be the easiest for you. Okay so lets really get serious about getting everyone together. You are right we have been saying this for two years. How about sometime next week?