Charles wen to the orthodontist today to get the bad news that his mouth is too small, so he’s going to need braces. He currently has a big gap between his upper front teeth, but those are baby teeth. His adult teeth will have problems and may be being held back by the lack of room. The orthodontist was hopefully that we can put braces on him early and stretch out his palate to make room so he doesn’t have to wear braces as much later on. I have problems in my lower jaw the same way and had to wear braces for a number of years, so it’s probably my fault. Or, really, Mom, who should have married better. Yeah, that’s the ticket!