Dreading Tomorrow

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My son and oldest daughter both go in to see the orthodontist tomorrow morning and I have a feeling that we will be finding out when they will be getting their braces on. They've been going there for a few years now for monitoring, which is done until they are ready for their braces. Up to this point it has cost us very little, we only had to pay for the spacer they put in the girl's mouth. At her last visit they were confident that she would be ready for braces by her next appointment (we have been waiting for all her teeth to come in). One kid in braces wouldn't be so bad, but my son has a fairly severe overbite and it is affecting how he talks. I'm starting to think that they should start his soon to help with his speech. The problem is that his teeth stick out far enough that his lips don't touch unless he really thinks about how he's talking (which he seldom does). They had said that they want to start his during a growth spurt, but they will start them earlier if it's affecting his life. Since it's affecting his speech, I would say it affects his life. Plus, he's been losing baby teeth recently, which they said is a sign of a growth spurt. I very well could find out that both of them will be getting their braces (and head gear in the case of the boy) soon, which means paying for two sets of braces at the same time. The only good thing about that is that we should be done paying for them by the time the youngest needs them (I don't feel lucky enough to have her not needing them, though it would be nice).