The I don’t know if others experience this or not, but I’ve been recognizing that life has patterns. Talking about mine, the seasons and the problems might be different, but, the pattern is quite clear.
In raising a child, the pattern appears clearly too. Just like anything, life has never been letting me (or us) stay still and chill in raising this girl. Always give something new to learn, always on a research mode to find the best solution, letting us to be exposed to something that we have never encountered. It is not necessarily something new, but, it is certainly something rarely heard of.
(Like finding the term DLD and dyspraxia for the first time).
Previously, the dentist appointment was at 11 am and I asked for whoever was available since it was only a regular check up. Suddenly, I had a meeting that couldn’t be cancelled at that time so I asked to reschedule the appointment. It was moved to 2 pm.
Been visiting this dental regular and we got different dentist for each visit. Here is another clear pattern. For almost every problem we encounter, meeting the right people is included with the solution. Since I change the appointment schedule, they switch the doctor too.
The dentist asked why we came. I explained that this was a long overdue meeting to have her teeth checked. The dentist said it was all clear, only certain parts needed better brushing. That was it.
Then, I came up with a question about her teeth which previously were nice and grow evenly, but when the adult teeth coming, it starts growing unevenly which changes her facial features. I asked why, since she never bottle-fed, no thumb sucking, so what happened? I asked whether it was true that we should wait until she is 12 to start wearing braces (an insight we got from another dentist).
We happened to meet a pediatric dentist who clearly knows what she does. Instead of, answering my question in a simple short answer, she explained about how the teeth happened to be that way systematically.
She said we came at the right time when it is still early and to fix the teeth, what we should do first is fixing the breathing habit.
Instead of waiting until 12, we could start right now. She said, it won’t be easy because it needs commitment and consistency, from both parents and child. Fixing the teeth is the easy part, but she wants us to fix the foundation first, which is the breathing habit, that’s the hard work.
I rarely sold to something, but her explanation was beyond make sense. I decided to sign up right away (usually I would say I would discuss it with the father too).
Last night, we spent time watching youtube videos about MYOBRACE therapy together.
More homeworks are coming and I am surely not complaining, because it means, life pattern goes to the right direction.
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