So these are Rachel's braces. She has red and pink rubber bands for Valentines

Day. She has 8 brackets. Her back molars have a band around them that hold the wires. Around Christmas this wire cut through her inner cheek and skin grew over the wire. There was so much commotion at Christmas with 9 people in the house, the hustle and bustle of Christmas and Rachel's birthday that this was undetected. I knew her teeth were hurting her. I gave her almost an entire bottle of Motrin. She didn't smile or talk and barely ate for an entire week. One night I discovered what happened and I was so so angry. Poor girl. She didn't understand that the pain she had was not normal. She thought it hurt because they just tightened her braces and didn't realize the wire had cut her. Now she has this little rubber tubes that go over the wire to prevent cutting. I still feel bad that she had to suffer so especially with her grandparents visit and her birthday party.